Effect of a game-based intervention designed to enhance social incentives to increase physical activity among families: The BE FIT randomized clinical trial

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1586-1593

  Patel, Mitesh S ^a,b,c   Benjamin, Emelia J ^d,e,f   Volpp, Kevin G ^a,b,c   Fox, Caroline S ^g,h   Small, Dylan S ^a,b   Massaro, Joseph M ^f,i   Lee, Jane J ^d   Hilbert, Victoria ^a   Valentino, Maureen ^d   Taylor, Devon H ^a   Manders, Emily S ^d   Mutalik, Karen ^d   Zhu, Jingsan ^a   Wang, Wenli ^a   Murabito, Joanne M ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

ⁱ USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAME; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; AMBULATORY MONITORING; EXERCISE; FAMILY HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

EXERCISE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTIVATION; WALKING;

EID: 85033545518     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.3458     Document Type: Article

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