Tailoring digital apps to support active ageing in a low income community.

Paula Costa CastroLua Bonadio RomanoDavid FrohlichLorena Jorge LorenziLucas Bueno CamposAndresa PaixãoPatrícia BetMarije DeutekomBen J A KroseVictor Zuniga DouradoGrace Angélica de Oliveira Gomes

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Developing physical activity apps for older people should consider the following features: free application, simple interface, motivational messages using audio and visual information, sharing information among users, multimedia input and sharing and user customisation. In particular, we recommend that exercise apps in low-income communities be tailored to our four categories of users differing in baseline physical activity and digital engagement, to match the social and behavioural preferences we discovered.

Keyphrases

physical activity
health information
social media
healthcare
mental health
body mass index
high intensity
sleep quality
smoking cessation
decision making
depressive symptoms
resistance training