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. 2017 Jun 19;17(6):1436.
doi: 10.3390/s17061436.

Active2Gether: A Personalized m-Health Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity

Michel C A Klein  1 , Adnan Manzoor  2 , Julia S Mollee  3
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Active2Gether: A Personalized m-Health Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity

Michel C A Klein et al. Sensors (Basel). .

Abstract

Lack of physical activity is an increasingly important health risk. Modern mobile technology, such as smartphones and digital measurement devices, provides new opportunities to tackle physical inactivity. This paper describes the design of a system that aims to encourage young adults to be more physically active. The system monitors the user's behavior, uses social comparison and provides tailored and personalized feedback based on intelligent reasoning mechanisms. As the name suggests, social processes play an important role in the Active2Gether system. The design choices and functioning of the system are described in detail. Based on the experiences with the development and deployment of the system, a number of lessons learnt are provided and suggestions are proposed for improvements in future developments.

Keywords: e-coaching; healthy lifestyle; m-health intervention; personalization; physical activity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Overall architecture of the Active2Gether system.
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Figure 2
Overall data flow in the Active2Gether system.
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Screenshot of an Active2Gether dashboard.
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Process flow chart of reasoning engine.
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Figure 5
Graphical representation of the computational model.
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Figure 6
Algorithm for selecting users for the social comparison.
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