MobiHealth News July 19, 2021
Although the results from this study were modest, the researchers note that even slight increases in physical activity can have health benefits.
More and more, health interventions are employing gamified strategies like badges, points and levels in an attempt to get people to adopt new behaviors.
By creating a feeling of competition among participants, intervention developers hope they can increase medication adherence, improve chronic condition management, up physical activity and more. But past research indicates that giving health interventions a competitive edge is not always enough to create meaningful changes in human behavior.
A new study from JAMA Network Open sought to test how well gamification – paired with social support and financial incentives – could improve physical activity among...
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