Personalization in Real-Time Physical Activity Coaching Using Mobile Applications: A Scoping Review

<p dir="ltr">Mobile monitoring for health and wellness is becoming more sophisticated and accurate, with an increased use of real-time personalization technologies that may improve the effectiveness of physical activity coaching systems. This study aimed to review real-time physical...

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Main Author: Francisco Monteiro-Guerra (16864122) (author)
Other Authors: Octavio Rivera-Romero (16864125) (author), Luis Fernandez-Luque (3572423) (author), Brian Caulfield (7179962) (author)
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Health services and systems
Information and computing sciences
Data management and data science
Distributed computing and systems software
Machine learning
Real-time systems
Sensors
Data mining
Sociology
Statistics
Biomedical measurement
Databases
Algorithms
Exercise
Health Promotion
Humans
Mentoring
Mobile Applications
Telemedicine
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description <p dir="ltr">Mobile monitoring for health and wellness is becoming more sophisticated and accurate, with an increased use of real-time personalization technologies that may improve the effectiveness of physical activity coaching systems. This study aimed to review real-time physical activity coaching applications that make use of personalization mechanisms. A scoping review, using the PRISMA-ScR checklist, was conducted on the literature published from July 2007 to July 2018. A data extraction tool was developed to analyze the systems on general characteristics, personalization, design foundations (behavior change and gamification) and evaluation methods. 28 papers describing 17 different mobile applications were included. The most used personalization concepts were Feedback (17/17), Goal Setting (15/17), User Targeting (9/17) and Inter-human Interaction (8/17), while the less commonly covered were Self-Learning (4/17), Context Awareness (3/17) and Adaptation (2/17). Few systems considered behavior change theories for design (6/17). A total of 42 instances of gamification-related elements were found across 15 systems, but only 6 explicitly mention its use. Most systems (15/17) were submitted to some type of evaluation. However, few assessed the effects of particular strategies or overall system effectiveness using randomized experimental designs (5/17). Although personalization is thought to improve user adherence in physical activity coaching applications, it is still far from reaching its full potential. We believe that future work should consider the theory and suggestions reported in prior work; leverage the needs of the target users for personalization; include behavior change foundations and explore gamification theory; and properly evaluate these systems.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2019.2947243" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2019.2947243</a></p>
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spelling Personalization in Real-Time Physical Activity Coaching Using Mobile Applications: A Scoping ReviewFrancisco Monteiro-Guerra (16864122)Octavio Rivera-Romero (16864125)Luis Fernandez-Luque (3572423)Brian Caulfield (7179962)Health sciencesHealth services and systemsInformation and computing sciencesData management and data scienceDistributed computing and systems softwareMachine learningReal-time systemsSensorsData miningSociologyStatisticsBiomedical measurementDatabasesAlgorithmsExerciseHealth PromotionHumansMentoringMobile ApplicationsTelemedicine<p dir="ltr">Mobile monitoring for health and wellness is becoming more sophisticated and accurate, with an increased use of real-time personalization technologies that may improve the effectiveness of physical activity coaching systems. This study aimed to review real-time physical activity coaching applications that make use of personalization mechanisms. A scoping review, using the PRISMA-ScR checklist, was conducted on the literature published from July 2007 to July 2018. A data extraction tool was developed to analyze the systems on general characteristics, personalization, design foundations (behavior change and gamification) and evaluation methods. 28 papers describing 17 different mobile applications were included. The most used personalization concepts were Feedback (17/17), Goal Setting (15/17), User Targeting (9/17) and Inter-human Interaction (8/17), while the less commonly covered were Self-Learning (4/17), Context Awareness (3/17) and Adaptation (2/17). Few systems considered behavior change theories for design (6/17). A total of 42 instances of gamification-related elements were found across 15 systems, but only 6 explicitly mention its use. Most systems (15/17) were submitted to some type of evaluation. However, few assessed the effects of particular strategies or overall system effectiveness using randomized experimental designs (5/17). Although personalization is thought to improve user adherence in physical activity coaching applications, it is still far from reaching its full potential. We believe that future work should consider the theory and suggestions reported in prior work; leverage the needs of the target users for personalization; include behavior change foundations and explore gamification theory; and properly evaluate these systems.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2019.2947243" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2019.2947243</a></p>2019-11-19T00:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1109/jbhi.2019.2947243https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Personalization_in_Real-Time_Physical_Activity_Coaching_Using_Mobile_Applications_A_Scoping_Review/24006399CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/240063992019-11-19T00:00:00Z
spellingShingle Personalization in Real-Time Physical Activity Coaching Using Mobile Applications: A Scoping Review
Francisco Monteiro-Guerra (16864122)
Health sciences
Health services and systems
Information and computing sciences
Data management and data science
Distributed computing and systems software
Machine learning
Real-time systems
Sensors
Data mining
Sociology
Statistics
Biomedical measurement
Databases
Algorithms
Exercise
Health Promotion
Humans
Mentoring
Mobile Applications
Telemedicine
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title Personalization in Real-Time Physical Activity Coaching Using Mobile Applications: A Scoping Review
title_full Personalization in Real-Time Physical Activity Coaching Using Mobile Applications: A Scoping Review
title_fullStr Personalization in Real-Time Physical Activity Coaching Using Mobile Applications: A Scoping Review
title_full_unstemmed Personalization in Real-Time Physical Activity Coaching Using Mobile Applications: A Scoping Review
title_short Personalization in Real-Time Physical Activity Coaching Using Mobile Applications: A Scoping Review
title_sort Personalization in Real-Time Physical Activity Coaching Using Mobile Applications: A Scoping Review
topic Health sciences
Health services and systems
Information and computing sciences
Data management and data science
Distributed computing and systems software
Machine learning
Real-time systems
Sensors
Data mining
Sociology
Statistics
Biomedical measurement
Databases
Algorithms
Exercise
Health Promotion
Humans
Mentoring
Mobile Applications
Telemedicine