Müssener Ulrika, Löf Marie, Bendtsen Preben, Bendtsen Marcus
Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Jan 6;9(1):e14588. doi: 10.2196/14588.
Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as insufficient physical activity, unhealthy diet, smoking, and harmful use of alcohol tend to cluster (ie, individuals may be at risk from more than one lifestyle behavior that can be established in early childhood and adolescence and track into adulthood). Previous research has underlined the potential of lifestyle interventions delivered via mobile phones. However, there is a need for deepened knowledge on how to design mobile health (mHealth) interventions taking end user views into consideration in order to optimize the overall usability of such interventions. Adolescents are early adopters of technology and frequent users of mobile phones, yet research on interventions that use mobile devices to deliver multiple lifestyle behavior changes targeting at-risk high school students is lacking.
This protocol describes a participatory design study with the aim of developing an mHealth lifestyle behavior intervention to promote healthy lifestyles among high school students.
Through an iterative process using participatory design, user requirements are investigated in terms of technical features and content. The procedures around the design and development of the intervention, including heuristic evaluations, focus group interviews, and usability tests, are described.
Recruitment started in May 2019. Data collection, analysis, and scientific reporting from heuristic evaluations and usability tests are expected to be completed in November 2019. Focus group interviews were being undertaken with high school students from October through December, and full results are expected to be published in Spring 2020. A planned clinical trial will commence in Summer 2020. The study was funded by a grant from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life, and Welfare.
The study is expected to add knowledge on how to design an mHealth intervention taking end users' views into consideration in order to develop a novel, evidence-based, low-cost, and scalable intervention that high school students want to use in order to achieve a healthier lifestyle.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/14588.
诸如体育活动不足、不健康饮食、吸烟和有害使用酒精等不健康的生活方式行为往往会聚集在一起（即个体可能面临多种生活方式行为的风险，这些行为可在儿童早期和青少年时期形成，并持续到成年）。先前的研究强调了通过手机进行生活方式干预的潜力。然而，需要更深入地了解如何设计移动健康（mHealth）干预措施，同时考虑最终用户的观点，以优化此类干预措施的整体可用性。青少年是技术的早期采用者和手机的频繁使用者，但缺乏针对使用移动设备对有风险的高中生进行多种生活方式行为改变的干预措施的研究。
本方案描述了一项参与式设计研究，旨在开发一种移动健康生活方式行为干预措施，以促进高中生的健康生活方式。
通过使用参与式设计的迭代过程，从技术特征和内容方面调查用户需求。描述了干预措施设计和开发的程序，包括启发式评估、焦点小组访谈和可用性测试。
招募工作于2019年5月开始。启发式评估和可用性测试的数据收集、分析和科学报告预计于2019年11月完成。10月至12月对高中生进行了焦点小组访谈，完整结果预计将于2020年春季发表。一项计划中的临床试验将于2020年夏季开始。该研究由瑞典健康、工作生活和福利研究理事会的一项拨款资助。
该研究预计将增加有关如何设计移动健康干预措施的知识，同时考虑最终用户的观点，以开发一种新颖、基于证据、低成本且可扩展的干预措施，高中生希望使用该措施来实现更健康的生活方式。
国际注册报告识别号（IRRID）：DERR1-10.2196/14588
