Adherence
A 50-day team-based online social networking physical activity intervention delivered via a Facebook app with pedometers significantly increases moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and walking time in insufficiently active adults during the intervention period.
Join a team of friends on a free Facebook app called 'Active Team' for 50 days. You get a pedometer and are encouraged to hit 10,000 steps a day. The app uses gamification like awards and gifts, and lets you chat with your team. This structure helped participants significantly increase their walking and moderate-to-vigorous activity during the 50 days.
At the 8-week follow-up, the intervention participants had significantly increased their total weekly MVPA by 135 minutes relative to the control group (P=.03), due primarily to increases in walking time (155 min/week increase relative to controls, P<.001).
Why this rating
Randomized Controlled Trial with a reasonable sample size (n=110) and statistically significant primary outcome, though limited by self-reported measures.
Source
A Web-Based, Social Networking Physical Activity Intervention for Insufficiently Active Adults Delivered via Facebook App: Randomized Controlled Trial
Carol Maher et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2015
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