Apps for IMproving FITness and Increasing Physical Activity Among Young People: The AIMFIT Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
Initiatives
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The aim was to determine the effects of two commercially available smartphone apps (Zombies, Run and Get Running) on cardiorespiratory fitness and PA levels in insufficiently active healthy young people. A second aim was to identify the features of the app design that may contribute to improved fitness and PA levels.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2013
- Funding
- This is an investigator-initiated study supported by internal funding from the University of Auckland Postgraduate Research Student Support. AD is supported by a Foundation for Science and Technology scholarship (FCT-Portugal SFRH/BD/95762/2013).
Design
- Study design
- Clinical trial cohort
Marker Paper
Direito A, Jiang Y, Whittaker R, Maddison R. Apps for IMproving FITness and Increasing Physical Activity Among Young People: The AIMFIT Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2015;17(8):e210. Published 2015 Aug 27. doi:10.2196/jmir.4568
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 51
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
young people from New Zealand
Eligible young people aged 14-17 years were allocated at random to 1 of 3 conditions: (1) use of an immersive app (Zombies, Run), (2) use of a nonimmersive app (Get Running), or (3) usual behavior (control).
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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14
- Maximum age
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17
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- New Zealand
- Territory
- Auckland
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 50
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
The aim was to determine the effects of two commercially available smartphone apps (Zombies, Run and Get Running) on cardiorespiratory fitness and PA levels in insufficiently active healthy young people. A second aim was to identify the features of the app design that may contribute to improved fitness and PA levels.
- Start Date
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2013
- End Date
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2014
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Smartphone
- Smartphone apps
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Mobile data collection