Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2022
Possible Impact of a 12-Month Web- and Smartphone-Based Program to Improve Long-term Physical Activity in Patients Attending Spa Therapy: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Journal of medical Internet research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02694796 (Long Term Impact of a Physical Activity Intervention Combining Workshop During a Balneotherapy and a Web and Smartphone-based Physical Activity Program After Balneotherapy, on Physical Activity Level), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Long Term Impact of a Physical Activity Intervention Combining Workshop During a Balneotherapy and a Web and Smartphone-based Physical Activity Program After Balneotherapy, on Physical Activity Level : a Randomized Control Trial
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mapping the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Health Interventions for Older Adults: A Rapid Review.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2026Review
- Technology-Assisted Physical Activity Interventions for Older People in Their Home-Based Environment: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- Social Networks in French Balneotherapy: A Focus on Spa Doctors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundLack of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviors are leading risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Web- and smartphone-based interventions are effective in increasing PA in older adults and in patients with NCD. In many countries, spa therapy, commonly prescribed to patients with NCD, represents an ideal context to initiating lifestyle changes.
objectiveThis study aimed to evaluate, in patients attending spa therapy, the effectiveness of an intervention combining a face-to-face coaching and, when returning home, a web- and smartphone-based PA program on the achievement of PA guidelines (PAG) 12 months after the end of spa therapy.
methodsThis was a 12-month, prospective, parallel-group randomized controlled trial. Patients were enrolled during spa therapy and randomized 1:1 to intervention or control group who received PA usual advice. From the end of spa therapy, PA, weight, waist circumference, and quality of life of the participants were assessed by phone every 2 months. Primary outcome was meeting PAG (PA ≥600 metabolic equivalent of task) at 12 months. Secondary outcomes were meeting current PAG at 6 months; sedentary time, weight, waist circumference, PA, and quality of life at 6 and 12 months. Objective use data of the web- and smartphone-based PA program were collected. Analytic methods included intention to treat and constrained longitudinal data analyses.
resultsThe study sample included 228 participants (n=176, 77.2% females) with a mean age of 62.4 (SD 6.7) years and a mean BMI of 28.2 (SD 4.2) kg/m
conclusionsPA increased in both the intervention group and the control group. However, at 12 months, more participants met PAG in the intervention group compared with the controls. This indicates that the web- and smartphone-based program could have maintained PA in the intervention group. In addition, a spa therapy seems to be an ideal time and framework to implement PA education.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02694796; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02694796.
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