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Kolt GS, Duncan MJ, Vandelanotte C, et al. Successes and Challenges of an IT-Based Health Behaviour Change Program to Increase Physical Activity. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020;268:31-43doi: 10.3233/SHTI200004.
Kolt, G. S., Duncan, M. J., Vandelanotte, C., Rosenkranz, R. R., Maeder, A. J., Savage, T. N., Tague, R., Van Itallie, A., Mummery, W. K., & Caperchione, C. M. (2020). Successes and Challenges of an IT-Based Health Behaviour Change Program to Increase Physical Activity. Studies in health technology and informatics, 26831-43. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI200004
Kolt, Gregory S, et al. "Successes and Challenges of an IT-Based Health Behaviour Change Program to Increase Physical Activity." Studies in health technology and informatics vol. 268 (2020): 31-43. doi: https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI200004
Kolt GS, Duncan MJ, Vandelanotte C, Rosenkranz RR, Maeder AJ, Savage TN, Tague R, Van Itallie A, Mummery WK, Caperchione CM. Successes and Challenges of an IT-Based Health Behaviour Change Program to Increase Physical Activity. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Mar 02;268:31-43. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200004. PMID: 32141877.
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Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Mar 02;268:31-43. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200004.

Successes and Challenges of an IT-Based Health Behaviour Change Program to Increase Physical Activity.

Studies in health technology and informatics

Gregory S Kolt, Mitch J Duncan, Corneel Vandelanotte, Richard R Rosenkranz, Anthony J Maeder, Trevor N Savage, Rhys Tague, Anetta Van Itallie, W Kerry Mummery, Cristina M Caperchione

Affiliations

  1. Western Sydney University, Australia.
  2. University of Newcastle, Australia.
  3. Central Queensland University, Australia.
  4. Kansas State University, USA.
  5. Flinders University, Australia.
  6. Griffith University, Australia.
  7. University of Alberta, Canada.
  8. University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 32141877 DOI: 10.3233/SHTI200004

Abstract

Health behaviour change programs that utilise IT-based delivery have great potential to improve health. Whilst more static Web 1.0 technologies have been somewhat effective, they often failed to promote longer-term user engagement required for greater health promotion impact. With Web 2.0 technologies, however, there is potential for greater engagement and retention, through allowing individuals to determine how information is generated, modified, and shared collaboratively. The WALK 2.0 study utilised a Web 2.0-based platform to engage participants in health behaviour change aimed at increasing physical activity levels. The program included two trials: (1) a three-arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) that compared the effectiveness of Web 2.0, Web 1.0, and paper-based logbook interventions; and (2) a real-world randomised ecological trial (RET) that compared a Web 2.0 and Web 1.0 intervention. The aim of this paper is not to focus on the research trial results per se, but rather the success factors and challenges in both the RCT and RET. Both the RCT and RET demonstrated successful outcomes, with greater improvements in physical activity for the Web 2.0 groups. A range of challenges, however, were identified in designing, implementing, and evaluating such interventions. These include IT-based intervention development within a research context, the ability to establish a self-sustaining online community, the rapid pace of change in web-based technology and implications for trial design, the selection of best outcome measures for ecological trials, and managing engagement, non-usage and study attrition in real-world trials. Future research and developments in this area must look to broader research designs that allow for the ever-changing IT-user landscape and behaviour, and greater reliance on development and testing in real-world settings.

Keywords: Behaviour change; Physical activity; Web 2.0

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