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Behavior change wheel as a tool to promote physical activity in online intervention: a case study

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorCouto, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorMorgado, Vitor
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Tomás
dc.contributor.authorVitorino, Anabela
dc.contributor.authorBento, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Susana
dc.contributor.authorCid, Luís
dc.contributor.authorDuarte-Mendes, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-22T10:14:40Z
dc.date.available2025-07-22T10:14:40Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Physical activity (PA) has significant health benefits. However, one in four adults does not meet the globally recommended levels of PA. Considering that PA behavior is influenced by various factors operating at multiple levels, including personal, social, and environmental factors, a singlesubject behavioral change intervention was developed to promote PA behavior through online sessions. Method: Based on a one-to-one intervention, the Behavior Change Wheel (BCW) methodology was used to design an intervention that was developed for 24 weeks, including eight weeks of online sessions and 16 weeks of follow-up. Results: We observed an increase of metabolic equivalent (MET-min/week; baseline = 2,970; eight weeks = 6,440; 24 weeks = 6,744) and daily steps (baseline = 8,372; eight weeks = 10,234; 24 weeks = 12,142), which provides some evidence for the efficacy of online methodologies, especially in the relation one-to-one. Conclusion: The intervention, designed through BCW, had a positive effect in promoting more PA in a subject of our case study and provided evidence that can be used in further interventions that aim to increase PA levels in the population; however, future studies must be conducted to expand the evidence in other domains.eng
dc.identifier.citationCOUTO, N. [et al.] (2025)- Behavior change wheel as a tool to promote physical activity in online intervention: a case study. Frontiers in psychology. 16, 1498351. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1498351
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1498351
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/10239
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherFrontiers
dc.relationThe author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research and/or publication of this article. This work was funded by the National Funds by FCT, the Foundation for Science and Technology under the project UIDB/04045/2020 (doi: 10.54499/UIDB/04045/2020).
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1498351/full
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectPhysical activity
dc.subjectBehavior change
dc.subjectIntervention
dc.subjectBehavior change wheel
dc.subjectBehavior change techniques
dc.titleBehavior change wheel as a tool to promote physical activity in online intervention: a case studyeng
dc.typeresearch article
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oaire.citation.endPage11
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oaire.citation.volume16
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person.familyNameDuarte-Mendes
person.givenNamePedro
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