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Table 1 Mobile-based health program

From: Living labs for a mobile app-based health program: effectiveness of a 24-week walking intervention for cardiovascular disease risk reduction among female Korean-Chinese migrant workers: a randomized controlled trial

 

Standard intervention

Enhanced intervention

12 weeks of adaptation period

• Providing Fitbit Alta device

• Providing mobile app for monitoring walking steps and health information

• Providing Fitbit Alta device

• Providing mobile app for monitoring walking steps and health information

Social-cognitive intervention

• Self-efficacy: setting goal of walking steps, sending a medal image by SNS and, sending short 12 text messages enhancing exerciseefficacy

• Social support: sharing information on exercise with participants, supporting each other exercise through SNS

• Sense of community: photovoice (i.e., our neighborhood, good place to exercise)

12 weeks of maintenance period

• Walking and self monitoring based on mobile app self-walking exercise without intervention from research team

• Walking and self-monitoring based on mobile app without intervention from research team