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| Title |
Do physical activity and dietary smartphone applications incorporate evidence-based behaviour change techniques?
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-646 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Artur Direito, Leila Pfaeffli Dale, Emma Shields, Rosie Dobson, Robyn Whittaker, Ralph Maddison |
| Abstract |
There has been a recent proliferation in the development of smartphone applications (apps) aimed at modifying various health behaviours. While interventions that incorporate behaviour change techniques (BCTs) have been associated with greater effectiveness, it is not clear to what extent smartphone apps incorporate such techniques. The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of BCTs in physical activity and dietary apps and determine how reliably the taxonomy checklist can be used to identify BCTs in smartphone apps. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 30 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 11 | 37% |
| Canada | 4 | 13% |
| India | 2 | 7% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Russia | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 9 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 21 | 70% |
| Scientists | 5 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 608 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | <1% |
| Austria | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 592 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 133 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 93 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 87 | 14% |
| Researcher | 68 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 38 | 6% |
| Other | 105 | 17% |
| Unknown | 84 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 94 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 75 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 69 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 52 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 51 | 8% |
| Other | 147 | 24% |
| Unknown | 120 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 27. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 February 2022.
All research outputs
#1,302,804
of 23,881,329 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#1,416
of 15,466 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#13,382
of 230,424 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#37
of 308 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,881,329 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 94th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 15,466 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.3. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 308 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 88% of its contemporaries.