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The variability of emotions, physical complaints, intention, and self-efficacy: an ecological momentary assessment study in older adults.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Daily Life Studies on Dynamic Within-person Fluctuations of Self-efficacy in the Physical Activity Context: A Scoping Review.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Compliance with ecological momentary assessment programmes in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Bioenhancer Assessment of Black Pepper with Turmeric on Self-Reported Pain Ratings in Adults: A Randomized, Cross-Over, Clinical Trial.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Evaluating the Effects of Rewards and Schedule Length on Response Rates to Ecological Momentary Assessment Surveys: Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Multimodal approach to identify neuropsychophysiological subgroups in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and their relevance for rehabilitation: protocol for a mechanistic cross-sectional and longitudinal study.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
- Beyond the cross-section: Rethinking the intention-behaviour gap through a conceptual and methodological lens.British journal of health psychology · 2026Review
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- Contexts, affective and physical states and their variations during physical activity in older adults: an intensive longitudinal study with sensor-triggered event-based ecological momentary assessments.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Experience sampling method studies in physical activity research: the relevance of causal reasoning.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- From Steps to Context: Optimizing Digital Phenotyping for Physical Activity Monitoring in Older Adults by Integrating Wearable Data and Ecological Momentary Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Feasibility of ecological momentary assessment in measuring physical activity and sedentary behaviour in shift and non-shift workers.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Article
- Implementing Ecological Momentary Assessment in Audiological Research: Opportunities and Challenges.American journal of audiology · 2024Review
- Older adults' compliance with mobile ecological momentary assessments in behavioral nutrition and physical activity research: pooled results of four intensive longitudinal studies and recommendations for future research.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
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- Fitbit's accuracy to measure short bouts of stepping and sedentary behaviour: validation, sensitivity and specificity study.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
Background: Many theoretical frameworks have been used in order to understand health behaviors such as physical activity, sufficient sleep, healthy eating habits, etc. In most research studies, determinants within these frameworks are assessed only once and thus are considered as stable over time, which leads to rather 'static' health behavior change interventions. However, in real-life, individual-level determinants probably vary over time (within days and from day to day), but currently, not much is known about these time-dependent fluctuations in determinants. In order to personalize health behavior change interventions in a more dynamic manner, such information is urgently needed. Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the time-dependent variability of emotions, physical complaints, intention, and self-efficacy in older adults (65+) using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA). Methods: Observational data were collected in 64 healthy older adults (56.3% men; mean age 72.1 ± 5.6 years) using EMA. Participants answered questions regarding emotions ( Results: A low variability is present for the negative emotions ( Conclusions: This study reveals that multiple individual-level determinants are time-dependent, and are better considered as 'dynamic' or unstable behavior determinants. This study provides us with important insights concerning the development of dynamic health behavior change interventions, anticipating real-time dynamics of determinants instead of considering determinants as stable within individuals.
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