Measuring and Influencing Physical Activity with Smartphone Technology: A Systematic Review

Bort-Roig, Judit; Gilson, Nicholas D.; Puig‐Ribera, Anna; Contreras, Ruth S.; Trost, Stewart G.

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“…52 In this study, physical activity was measured using smartphones, which are already in possession by two-thirds of US adults, 29,30 but have not previously been well evaluated. 53 Our study demonstrates that using smartphones for activity tracking may be a scalable method to deploy physical activity interventions in real-word settings.…”

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Individual Versus Team-Based Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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BACKGROUND: More than half of adults in the United States do not attain the minimum recommended level of physical activity to achieve health benefits. The optimal design of financial incentives to promote physical activity is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of individual versus team-based financial incentives to increase physical activity. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial comparing three interventions to control. PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred and four adult employees from an organization in Philadelphia formed 76 four-member teams. INTERVENTIONS: All participants received daily feedback on performance towards achieving a daily 7000 step goal during the intervention (weeks 1-13) and follow-up (weeks 14-26) periods. The control arm received no other intervention. In the three financial incentive arms, drawings were held in which one team was selected as the winner every other day during the 13-week intervention. A participant on a winning team was eligible as follows: $50 if he or she met the goal (individual incentive), $50 only if all four team members met the goal (team incentive), or $20 if he or she met the goal individually and $10 more for each of three teammates that also met the goal (combined incentive). MAIN MEASURES: Mean proportion of participantdays achieving the 7000 step goal during the intervention. KEY RESULTS: Compared to the control group during the intervention period, the mean proportion achieving the 7000 step goal was significantly greater for the com- There were no significant differences between arms during the follow-up period (weeks 14-26). CONCLUSIONS: Financial incentives rewarded for a combination of individual and team performance were most effective for increasing physical activity. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02001194.

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Individual Versus Team-Based Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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“…consider the experimental design based on randomized control trials (RCT) as an inclusion criteria, which means that all of their primary studies are RCT; ii) on the opposite side, five reviews (Fry and Neff, 2009;Ngo et al, 2009;Lieffers and Hanning, 2012;Bort-Roig, Gilson, Puig-Ribera, Contreras and Trost, 2014;Bardus et al, 2015) do not include RCT; and iii) the remainder reviews consider both RCT and non RCT in the experimental design of their primary studies.…”

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A Systematic Review of Literature Reporting on Studies Analysing Technologies for Ageing in Place to Support Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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Cerqueira

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The present article reports a systematic review of reviews and meta-analysis whose main objective was to systematize current evidence of technologies for ageing in place designed to support the daily living of community-dwelling older adults. The broad analysis of the study reported in the present article is useful to inform older adults, practitioners and researchers about the state of the art of technologies for ageing in place. A total of 24 reviews and meta-analysis were retrieved. These studies analyse the impact of different technologies in community-dwelling older adults, considering several outcomes, namely physical activity, nutrition, health education, or loneliness and social isolation.

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“…In low and middle income countries these types of tasks represent an important part of economic activity. 2 However, the validation of physical activity measures and their consistency as a proxy for worker productivity have not been well established (Bort-Roig et al 2014). …”

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Productivity and Health: Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity

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Dillon²,

Friedman³

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. work settings: a direct measure of physical activity using an accelerometer. First, the paper compares worker labor outcomes, such as labor supply and daily productivity obtained from firm personnel data, with physical activity; they are strongly related. Second, the paper investigates the effect of a health intervention on physical activity, using a temporally randomized offer of malaria testing and treatment. Workers who are offered this program reallocate time from lower intensity activities in favor of higher intensity activities when they work. Terms of use: Documents in JEL Classification:I12, J22, J24, O12

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Measuring and Influencing Physical Activity with Smartphone Technology: A Systematic Review

Cited by 514 publications

References 40 publications

Individual Versus Team-Based Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Individual Versus Team-Based Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

A Systematic Review of Literature Reporting on Studies Analysing Technologies for Ageing in Place to Support Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Productivity and Health: Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity

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