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Personalized digital behaviour interventions increase short-term physical activity: a randomized control crossover trial substudy of the MyHeart Counts Cardiovascular Health Study.

Ali JavedDaniel Seung KimSteven G HershmanAnna ShcherbinaAnders JohnsonAlexander TolasJack W O'SullivanMichael V McConnellLaura LazzeroniAbby C KingJeffrey W ChristleMarily OppezzoC Mikael MattssonRobert A HarringtonMatthew T WheelerEuan A Ashley
Published in: European heart journal. Digital health (2023)
= 0.11). Digital studies have a significant advantage over traditional clinical trials in that they can continuously recruit participants in a cost-effective manner, allowing for new insights provided by increased statistical power and refinement of prior signals. Here, we present a novel finding that digital interventions tailored to an individual are effective in increasing short-term physical activity in a free-living cohort. These data suggest that participants are more likely to react positively and increase their physical activity when prompts are personalized. Further studies are needed to determine the effects of digital interventions on long-term outcomes.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • clinical trial
  • body mass index
  • phase ii
  • open label
  • case control
  • randomized controlled trial
  • smoking cessation
  • big data
  • depressive symptoms
  • machine learning