Effectiveness of a smartphone application to promote physical activity in primary care: the SMART...

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Effectiveness of a smartphone application to promote physical activity in primary care: the SMART MOVE randomised controlled trial by Liam G Glynn, Patrick S Hayes, Monica Casey, Fergus Glynn, Alberto Alvarez- Iglesias, John Newell, Gearóid ÓLaighin, David Heaney, Martin O’Donnell, and Andrew W Murphy BJGP Volume 64(624):e384-e391 June 30, 2014 ©2014 by British Journal of General Practice

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Page 1: Effectiveness of a smartphone application to promote physical activity in primary care: the SMART MOVE randomised controlled trial by Liam G Glynn, Patrick.

Effectiveness of a smartphone application to promote physical activity in primary care: the SMART MOVE

randomised controlled trial

by Liam G Glynn, Patrick S Hayes, Monica Casey, Fergus Glynn, Alberto Alvarez-Iglesias, John Newell, Gearóid ÓLaighin, David Heaney, Martin O’Donnell, and

Andrew W Murphy

BJGPVolume 64(624):e384-e391

June 30, 2014

©2014 by British Journal of General Practice

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Participant recruitment and follow-up.aApplication killer is a piece of software present on some smartphones that can restrict the automatic functions of smartphone applications.

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Daily step count with smoothed mean steps using a log to the base 10 for control and intervention groups.

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8-week improvement in mean steps in control and intervention groups.

Liam G Glynn et al. Br J Gen Pract 2014;64:e384-e391

©2014 by British Journal of General Practice