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Mobile health interventions to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace : a systematic review

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Date
27/03/2019
Author
Buckingham, Sarah
Williams, Andrew James
Morrissey, Karyn
Price, Lisa
Harrison, John
Keywords
Systematic review
Mobile health
Physical activity
Sedentary behaviour
Workplace
Occupational health
Behaviour change
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
T Technology
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Objective This systematic review aimed to assess the effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of mobile health (mHealth) technology (including wearable activity monitors and smartphone applications) for promoting physical activity (PA) and reducing sedentary behaviour (SB) in workplace settings. Methods Systematic searches were conducted in seven electronic databases (MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, Scopus, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Web of Science and the Cochrane library). Studies were included if mHealth was a major intervention component, PA/SB was a primary outcome, and participants were recruited and/or the intervention was delivered in the workplace. Study quality was assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) tool. Interventions were coded for behaviour change techniques (BCTs) using the Coventry, Aberdeen and London – Refined (CALO-RE) taxonomy. Results Twenty-five experimental and quasi-experimental studies were included. Studies were highly heterogeneous and only one was rated as ‘strong’ methodological quality. Common BCTs included self-monitoring, feedback, goal-setting and social comparison. A total of 14/25 (56%) studies reported a significant increase in PA, and 4/10 (40%) reported a significant reduction in sedentary time; 11/16 (69%) studies reported a significant impact on secondary outcomes including reductions in weight, systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol. While overall acceptability was high, a large decline in technology use and engagement was observed over time. Conclusions While methodological quality was generally weak, there is reasonable evidence for mHealth in a workplace context as a feasible, acceptable and effective tool to promote PA. The impact in the longer term and on SB is less clear. Higher quality, mixed methods studies are needed to explore the reasons for decline in engagement with time and the longer-term potential of mHealth in workplace interventions. Protocol registration : The review protocol was registered with PROSPERO: CRD42017058856
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Buckingham , S , Williams , A J , Morrissey , K , Price , L & Harrison , J 2019 , ' Mobile health interventions to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace : a systematic review ' , Digital Health , vol. 5 , pp. 1-50 . https://doi.org/10.1177/2055207619839883
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Digital Health
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2055207619839883
ISSN
2055-2076
Type
Journal item
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Copyright © 2019 the Author(s). Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19310

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