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The Effect of an mHealth Intervention on Physical Activity and Nutrition: the FutureMe Trial

NCT04505124 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2021-05-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) which investigates the effect of a Future-Self Avatar intervention (FutureMe App) on physical activity (PA) and nutrition. The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) and principles from consumer behavior theory were used to guide the development of the intervention.

The study investigates the impact of avatar-based interventions on PA and food purchasing behavior and aims to understand if avatars can help increase the stand-alone effectiveness of mHealth interventions.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

FutureMe App

The FutureMe app provides visual and consequential feedback through a future-self avatar, meaning that the avatar changes its body shape and some additional characteristics based on the participants' activity and food purchasing behaviors. The app tracks participants physical activity behavior (steps) by means of their smartphone (integration to GoogleFit and AppleHealth) and motivates them to increase their step counts. The app also connects to participants' grocery loyalty cards to evaluate their food shopping behavior leveraging the Nutri-score concept. The app motivates participants to improve their food purchases through concrete shopping tips provided in-app.

BEHAVIORAL

Conventional TrackingApp

The Control Conventional Tracking app provides numeric and factual feedback through conventional data-dashboards. The app tracks participants physical activity behavior (steps) by means of their smartphone (integration to GoogleFit and AppleHealth) and motivates them to increase their step counts. The app also connects to participants' grocery loyalty cards to evaluate their food shopping behavior leveraging the Nutri-score concept. The app motivates participants to improve their food purchases through concrete shopping tips provided in-app.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Helsana Zusatzversicherungen AG

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • ETH Zurich

    collaborator OTHER

  • Annette Mönninghoff

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Annette Mönninghoff · University of St. Gallen, Institute for Customer Insight

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-11-17
Primary Completion
2021-03-09
Completion
2021-04-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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