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Mind Your Step (MYST)
Mind Your Step is one of Lifelines' additional assessments.
This assessment was a collaboration between Lifelines and the Hanze University of Applied sciences, Research group Healthy Ageing.
The goal of the assessment was to gain insight in determinants related to the adoption of quantified self-devices (a digital weight scale and activity tracker) and potentially behavior change/ change in body weight.
Protocol
The project took place between April 2016 and April 2017.
Participants between 25-65 years old were invited to use a digital weight scale and an activity tracker.
The devices were connected to a smartphone application, in which the user could see his or her own data.
Each participants participated in the study for one year. All participants filled out one questionnaire with regard to different determinants (like self-regulation) and one about motivation towards self-tracking.
In addition, they were asked to fill out an evaluation questionnaire about the usage and experience with the devices.
There was a restriction on number of participants because there were 100 activity trackers available.
Subcohort
700 participants between 25 and 65 years old were invited to be screened for participation.
95 participants were included in the final study.
The response rate:
- 85% (n=80) filled out the baseline questionnaire and installed both devices
- 77% (n=73) completed T1 questionnaire (after 4 months)
- 62% (n=46) completed T2 evaluation questionnaire (after 12 months)
Variables
The following variables were collected:
