Trial reportJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020
Effect of an mHealth Intervention Using a Pedometer App With Full In-Person Counseling on Body Composition of Overweight Adults: Randomized Controlled Weight Loss Trial.
Trial report in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03845478 (Effect of the Prescription of 10,000 Steps a Day Using a Pedometer Via Mobile APP, Through a Goal Setting System, in the Body Composition of Overweight Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of the Prescription of 10,000 Steps a Day Using a Pedometer Via Mobile APP, Through a Goal Setting System, in the Body Composition of Overweight Adults: a 6-Month Randomized Weight Loss and mHealth Trial.
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A scoping review of the feasibility, usability, and efficacy of digital interventions in older adults concerning physical activity and/or exercise.Frontiers in aging · 2025Pooled it
- Mobile health (m-health) smartphone interventions for adolescents and adults with overweight or obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of Telehealth in Improving Physical Activity Level in Individuals with Overweight or Obesity: A Narrative Review.Acta medica Philippina · 2026Article
- Enhancing Behavioural Changes: A Narrative Review on the Effectiveness of a Multifactorial APP-Based Intervention Integrating Physical Activity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Effect of exercise intervention using mobile healthcare on blood lipid level and health-related physical fitness in obese women: a randomized controlled trial.Physical activity and nutrition · 2023Article
- Evaluation of a workplace weight management program based on WeChat platform for obese/overweight people in China using the RE-AIM framework.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Effects of a Mobile-Health Exercise Intervention on Body Composition, Vascular Function, and Autonomic Nervous System Function in Obese Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn clinical practice, it is difficult to convey the benefits of sustained physical activity to adult patients with excess weight or obesity. For this purpose, a goal-setting walking prescription may be an effective strategy.
objectiveThis study aimed to determine the efficacy of the intervention of a pedometer app in setting a goal to reach 10,000 steps per day in adults.
methodsOverweight adults (n=98; mean body mass index 32.53 [SD 4.92] kg/m2) were randomized to one of two conditions (control or intervention). Both groups downloaded a pedometer app that recorded their daily step counts and were given a daily walking goal of 10,000 steps. Subjects participated in a 24-week in-person behavioral weight control program and were asked to monitor their daily levels using the pedometer app. Baseline data were recorded and followed up weekly. Only the intervention group had structured information delivery, a personalized physical activity prescription, and follow-up on number of steps per day.
resultsThe results show that regardless of sex or age, prescribing walking increased the number of steps per day by 4806 step on average (standardized β coefficient=-0.813, SE=427.586, t=-11.242, P<.001).
conclusionsThese results could have implications for improving self-monitoring in overweight adults during periods of weight loss. Health professionals should analyze the implementation of tools that permit them to prescribe, follow up, and encourage the achievement of a goal of physical activity in overweight or obese patients.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03845478; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03845478.
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