Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2020 Oct;47(5):677-681. doi: 10.1177/1090198120936261. Epub 2020 Jun 25.
Mobile health applications (apps) are increasing in popularity to assist in health behavior change and maintenance. Drawing from constructs outlined within the social cognitive theory by Bandura, we explored how frequently users of a popular health app achieved their health-related goals. Participants reportedly used the MyFitnessPal (MFP) app within the past year completed an online survey on how often they used MFP, their self-efficacy for healthy eating (SE-HE), and achievement of nutrition-related goals. Findings suggest that higher levels of SE-HE and greater use of MFP predicted greater goal achievement. One important finding was that greater use of MFP related to increased reports for goal achievement when SE-HE was lower but not when participants showed high level of SE-HE. The results from this study suggest that MFP may be the most helpful for those who find it more difficult to meet their nutrition-related goals.
移动健康应用程序（apps）越来越受欢迎，有助于促进健康行为的改变和维持。本研究以班杜拉的社会认知理论中阐述的构念为基础，探讨了一个受欢迎的健康应用程序的用户实现其与健康相关目标的频率。在过去一年中，报告称使用过 MyFitnessPal（MFP）应用程序的参与者完成了一项在线调查，内容是他们使用 MFP 的频率、他们对健康饮食的自我效能（SE-HE）以及实现营养相关目标的情况。研究结果表明，更高的 SE-HE 和更多地使用 MFP 预测了更高的目标实现率。一个重要的发现是，当 SE-HE 较低时，更多地使用 MFP 与更高的目标实现报告相关，但当参与者表现出高水平的 SE-HE 时则不是这样。这项研究的结果表明，MFP 可能对那些发现更难实现营养相关目标的人最有帮助。
