ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
The Impact of Digital Coaching Intervention for Improving Healthy Ageing Dimensions among Older Adults during Their Transition from Work to Retirement.
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- Systematic review exploring human, AI, and hybrid health coaching in digital health interventions: trends, engagement, and lifestyle outcomes.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- Testing a vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity intervention in adults transitioning to retirement: a pilot randomised controlled trial.Age and ageing · 2025Trial
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- Emotional Well-Being Trajectories Before and After Statutory Retirement-Contributions of Social and Health-Related Factors.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Mapping the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Health Interventions for Older Adults: A Rapid Review.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2026Review
- Redefining social support: a scoping review of the effects of digital technologies on the social support of older workers.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Personalized nutrition for healthy aging: precision diets based on genomic, metabolic, and microbiome profiles.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- The association between digital communication tool use and perceived mental health among older adults in Canada.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- The Impact of Digital Technology on the Physical Health of Older Workers: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- How Well Do Older Adult Fitness Technologies Match User Needs and Preferences? Scoping Review of 2014-2024 Literature.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- ADL+: A Digital Toolkit for Multidomain Cognitive, Physical, and Nutritional Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Exploring Changes in Barriers and Facilitators for Physical Activity during the Retirement Transition: A Qualitative Interview Study Based on the Behavior Change Wheel.Journal of aging research · 2024Article
- Defining digital coaching: a qualitative inductive approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Retirement is a critical step in older adults' lives, so it is important to motivate them to stay physically active, mentally healthy, and socially connected in the transition from work to retirement, including through digital health coaching programs. This study aims to: evaluate the impact of a digital coaching intervention to enhance three healthy ageing dimensions, i.e., physical activity, mental well-being, and socialization of a group of adults near retirement; understand the users' experience; and identify the system strengths and weaknesses. This longitudinal mixed-methods study, carried out in 2021 in Italy and the Netherlands, enrolled 62 individuals. In the first 5 weeks of the trial, participants used a digital coach with the support of human coaches, and then they continued autonomously for another 5 weeks. The use of the digital coach improved the participants' physical activity, mental well-being and self-efficacy during the first period and only the physical activity in the second. An effective coaching system should be flexible and attractive. High levels of personalization remain the golden key to aligning the health program to the physical, cognitive and social status of the intended target, thus increasing the user-system interaction, usability, and acceptability, as well as enhancing adherence to the intervention.
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