MobiHealth News March 28, 2022
Researchers said studying each component individually with a larger and more diverse population would be good for a follow-up.
A digital health program using a Fitbit wearable and text-based health coaching improved physical activity in teens, according to a study published in JMIR.
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Researchers found that adolescents enrolled in the program met their activity goals for an average of 7 out of eleven possible weeks. The teens also wore their Fitbits for about 91% of days on average, and the study found there were “significant improvements” in tracked daily active minutes.
Participants were also asked to rate the different components of the program, like the quality of the text-based coaching and the Fitbit experience, rated on a...
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