ArticleBMC digital health2025
Mobile-application-based performance feedback improves physical activity behaviour compared to education alone: a randomised controlled trial.
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- Digital health interventions for promoting adults lifestyle behaviors: who is being left behind? An evidence synthesis of social inequality.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Mobile internet use, physical exercise and depression levels: mediating mechanism and empirical evidence.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Step by step: promoting daily walking through a mHealth intervention.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Mobile-health-applications demonstrate potential for reducing physical inactivity, yet evidence of their effectiveness in delivering performance feedback, particularly in workplace settings, remains limited. This 12-week randomised controlled trial evaluated the effects of mobile-application-based performance feedback (MABPF) on physical activity (PA) levels and sedentary time (ST) among 150 staff (aged 47.11 ± 6.46 years) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria. Participants were randomly allocated to three groups: MABPF with hourly reminders ( Results: At baseline, 14% of participants demonstrated low PA levels, with no significant between-group differences. Both MABPF intervention groups showed significant improvements in pedometer step counts, Google Fit metrics, walking scores, moderate and vigorous PA, total PA, and ST reduction ( Conclusion: MABPF interventions, particularly when combined with hourly reminders, significantly improved PA behaviours and reduced ST among university staff. These findings support the potential of theory-informed mobile health interventions for promoting PA in workplace settings. Clinical trial registration: Pan African Clinical Trial Registry number, PACTR202405808298188 on 24 May, 2024.
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