Hidalgo Johanna E, Kim Julia, Llorin Jordan, Stanton Kathryn, Cherian Josh, Bloomfield Laura, Fudolig Mikaela, Price Matthew, Ha Jennifer, Noble Natalie, Danforth Christopher M, Dodds Peter Sheridan, Fanning Jason, McGinnis Ryan S, McGinnis Ellen W
Department of Psychological Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America.
Project LEMURS (Lived Experience Measured Using Rings), University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America.
PLOS Digit Health. 2024 Nov 19;3(11):e0000650. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000650. eCollection 2024 Nov.
Despite the development of efficacious wellness interventions, sustainable wellness behavior change remains challenging. To optimize engagement, initiating small behaviors that build upon existing practices congruent with individuals' lifestyles may promote sustainable wellness behavior change. In this study, we crowd-sourced helpful, flexible, and engaging wellness practices to identify a list of those commonly used for improving sleep, productivity, and physical, emotional, and social wellness from participants who felt they had been successful in these dimensions.
We recruited a representative sample of 992 U.S. residents to survey the wellness dimensions in which they had achieved success and their specific wellness practices.
Responses were aggregated across demographic, health, lifestyle factors, and wellness dimension. Exploration of these data revealed that there was little overlap in preferred practices across wellness dimensions. Within wellness dimensions, preferred practices were similar across demographic factors, especially within the top 3-4 most selected practices. Interestingly, daily wellness practices differ from those typically recommended as efficacious by research studies and seem to be impacted by health status (e.g., depression, cardiovascular disease). Additionally, we developed and provide for public use a web dashboard that visualizes and enables exploration of the study results.
Findings identify personalized, sustainable wellness practices targeted at specific wellness dimensions. Future studies could leverage tailored practices as recommendations for optimizing the development of healthier behaviors.
尽管有效的健康干预措施不断发展，但可持续的健康行为改变仍然具有挑战性。为了优化参与度，开展基于与个人生活方式相符的现有习惯的小行为，可能会促进可持续的健康行为改变。在本研究中，我们通过众包方式收集有益、灵活且吸引人的健康习惯，以从那些认为自己在这些方面取得成功的参与者中，确定一系列常用于改善睡眠、提高生产力以及促进身体、情感和社交健康的习惯。
我们招募了992名美国居民的代表性样本，以调查他们取得成功的健康方面以及他们具体的健康习惯。
对人口统计学、健康、生活方式因素和健康方面的回答进行了汇总。对这些数据的探索表明，不同健康方面的偏好习惯几乎没有重叠。在健康方面内，偏好习惯在人口统计学因素中相似，尤其是在被选择最多的前3 - 4种习惯中。有趣的是，日常健康习惯与研究通常推荐的有效习惯不同，并且似乎受到健康状况（如抑郁症、心血管疾病）的影响。此外，我们开发并提供了一个网络仪表盘供公众使用，该仪表盘可视化并便于探索研究结果。
研究结果确定了针对特定健康方面的个性化、可持续的健康习惯。未来的研究可以利用这些量身定制的习惯作为优化更健康行为发展的建议。
