A persuasive and social mhealth application for physical activity: A usability and feasibility study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Al Ayubi, Soleh U ^a,b   Parmanto, Bambang ^a   Branch, Robert ^c   Ding, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feasibility studies; mHealth; Mobile applications; Pedometer; Persuasion; Physical activity; Self management; Social support; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968652149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.2902     Document Type: Article

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