Balanced: a randomised trial examining the efficacy of two self-monitoring methods for an app-based multi-behaviour intervention to improve physical activity, sitting and sleep in adults

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Balanced: a randomised trial examining the efficacy of two self-monitoring methods for an app-based multi-behaviour intervention to improve physical activity, sitting and sleep in adults

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Abstract Background Many adults are insufficiently physically active, have prolonged sedentary behaviour and report poor sleep. These behaviours can be improved by interventions that include education, goal setting, self-monitoring, and feedback strategies. Few interventions have explicitly targeted these behaviours simultaneously or examined the relative efficacy of different self-monitoring methods. Methods/Design This study aims to compare the efficacy of two self-monitoring methods in an ...

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2016-07-01

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Mitch J. Duncan / Corneel Vandelanotte / Stewart G. Trost / Amanda L. Rebar / Naomi Rogers / Nicola W. Burton / Beatrice Murawski / Anna Rayward / Sasha Fenton / Wendy J. Brown

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BMC Public Health

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3256-x

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Physical activity / Sedentary / Sleep / App-based intervention / Adults / Public aspects of medicine

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