Impact on step count by commitment-based health application.

Masaki TakebayashiMira NambaTatsuya KoyamaYudai KanedaHiroyuki KawaguchiChiaki UemuraMegumi ShibuyaShin MurakamiHiroshi FukudaHirohide Shibutani

Published in: PloS one (2024)

Communication within the app teams, such as commitment, sharing photos of their goal achievements and provide encouraging comments to others, functioned as social nudges, suggesting the potential for an immediate increase in step count and long-term behavioral reinforcement through improved health literacy.

Keyphrases

health information
healthcare
mental health
social media
peripheral blood
public health
human health
health promotion