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Activity coach app

Activity coach app has been studied in 1 paper since 2025: 1 trial in people. The newest paper, Jan 8, 2025: “Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial”.

Intervention

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“The mean goal attainment score for the 2 groups was –1.0 (SD 1.1) for the control group versus 0.6 (SD 0.6) for the intervention group (P=.001).”
Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled TrialJMIR formative research2025doi:10.2196/62910

None of its findings points the other way.

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • 8 of 8 findings with company ties
  • Human trial1

Studies in people

1 study gave activity coach app to people and measured what changed.

What did studies of Activity coach app find?

6

Studies of Activity coach app measured 6 outcomes; the most studied are health-related quality of life (1 study), goal attainment (1) and light physical activity (1).

Health-related quality of life

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Activity coach app increases health-related quality of life in humans (versus sham app control) (mean change -9 (SD 10) control vs 3 (SD 13) intervention; P=.027).

    “The mean change in the overall HR-QoL summary score was -9 (SD 10) for the control group versus 3 (SD 13) in the intervention group (P=.027).”

    Human trialversus sham app control12 weeks

    Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    JMIR formative research

  2. Activity coach app improves health-related quality of life in humans (3 vs -9).

    “The mean change in the overall summary score was –9 (SD 10) in the control group versus 3 (SD 13) in the intervention group (P=.03) and is illustrated in, while the other KCCQ subscales are presented in.”

    Human trial12 weeksn = 20

    Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    JMIR formative research

Goal attainment

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Activity coach app increases goal attainment in humans (versus sham app control) (mean 0.6 (SD 0.6) vs -1.0 (SD 1.1); P=.001).

    “The mean goal attainment score was -1.0 (SD 1.1) for the control group versus 0.6 (SD 0.6) for the intervention group (P=.001).”

    Human trialversus sham app control12 weeks

    Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    JMIR formative research

  2. Activity coach app improves goal attainment in humans (0.6 vs -1.0).

    “The mean goal attainment score for the 2 groups was –1.0 (SD 1.1) for the control group versus 0.6 (SD 0.6) for the intervention group (P=.001).”

    Human trial12 weeksn = 20

    Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    JMIR formative research

Light physical activity

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Activity coach app increases light physical activity in humans (versus sham app control) (146 (SD 46) control vs 207 (SD 80) intervention minutes; P=.07).

    “There was a nonsignificant increase in the mean light physical activity (LPA): 146 (SD 46) versus 207 (SD 80) minutes in the control and intervention groups, respectively (P=.07).”

    Human trialversus sham app control12 weeks

    Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    JMIR formative research

Sedentary bout length

downin humans1

1 study

  1. Activity coach app decreases sedentary bout length in humans (versus sham app control) (intervention decreased by 0.70 minutes to 391 (SD 117); P=.22).

    “decreased by 0.70 minutes to 391 (SD 117) in the intervention group (P=.22).”

    Human trialversus sham app control12 weeks

    Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    JMIR formative research

Physical limitation scores

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Activity coach app increases physical limitation scores in humans (versus sham app control) (mean 71 (SD 20) intervention vs 45 (SD 27) control; P=.04).

    “There was a significant difference in the physical limitation scores between the control (mean 45, SD 27) and intervention (mean 71, SD 20) groups (P=.04).”

    Human trialversus sham app control12 weeks

    Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    JMIR formative research

Sedentary bouts

no changein humans1

1 study

  1. Activity coach app showed no clear effect on sedentary bouts in humans (-0.70 vs +27 minutes).

    “Over the course of the study, the average length of sedentary bouts increased by 27 minutes to 458 (SD 84) minutes in the control group and decreased by 0.70 minutes to 391 (SD 117) minutes in the intervention group (P=.22).”

    Human trial12 weeksn = 20

    Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    JMIR formative research

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