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Healthy adults’ views and experiences on behavior change strategies in mobile applications for diet monitoring: A single centre qualitative study

Mobile diet apps assist in tracking nutritional intake and managing healthy eating diets. Effective diet apps incorporate specific population-tailored behavior change strategies (BCS) for user engagement and adherence to healthy diets. Malaysians have their unique behaviors and customs surrounding f...

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Autores principales: Abdul Khalil, Nur Melissa, Mohd Mydin, Fadzilah Hanum, Moy, Foong Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10653402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37972052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292390
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description Mobile diet apps assist in tracking nutritional intake and managing healthy eating diets. Effective diet apps incorporate specific population-tailored behavior change strategies (BCS) for user engagement and adherence to healthy diets. Malaysians have their unique behaviors and customs surrounding food and diet. This study aims to explore the perceptions, views, and experiences of healthy Malaysian adults with diet monitoring apps, by focusing on the BCS that engages users to use diet mobile apps and adhere to a healthy diet. A qualitative approach utilizing semi-structured in-depth interviews was conducted using a topic guide based on the Theory of Planned Behavior and trigger materials. Twenty interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Five themes emerged from the data, which are; instilling self-awareness, closed online group support, shaping knowledge, personalization, and user-friendly design. Influence by one’s social circle and attractiveness of app features may initiate users’ interest and help them engage with mobile diet apps, but the app’s ability to raise awareness of progress and impart useful knowledge help them adhere and comply to a healthier diet in the long run. The results from this study may help improve the behavior change strategy features of mobile diet apps for Malaysian adults.
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spelling pubmed-106534022023-11-16 Healthy adults’ views and experiences on behavior change strategies in mobile applications for diet monitoring: A single centre qualitative study Abdul Khalil, Nur Melissa Mohd Mydin, Fadzilah Hanum Moy, Foong Ming PLoS One Research Article Mobile diet apps assist in tracking nutritional intake and managing healthy eating diets. Effective diet apps incorporate specific population-tailored behavior change strategies (BCS) for user engagement and adherence to healthy diets. Malaysians have their unique behaviors and customs surrounding food and diet. This study aims to explore the perceptions, views, and experiences of healthy Malaysian adults with diet monitoring apps, by focusing on the BCS that engages users to use diet mobile apps and adhere to a healthy diet. A qualitative approach utilizing semi-structured in-depth interviews was conducted using a topic guide based on the Theory of Planned Behavior and trigger materials. Twenty interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Five themes emerged from the data, which are; instilling self-awareness, closed online group support, shaping knowledge, personalization, and user-friendly design. Influence by one’s social circle and attractiveness of app features may initiate users’ interest and help them engage with mobile diet apps, but the app’s ability to raise awareness of progress and impart useful knowledge help them adhere and comply to a healthier diet in the long run. The results from this study may help improve the behavior change strategy features of mobile diet apps for Malaysian adults. Public Library of Science 2023-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10653402/ /pubmed/37972052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292390 Text en © 2023 Abdul Khalil et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Healthy adults’ views and experiences on behavior change strategies in mobile applications for diet monitoring: A single centre qualitative study
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title_short Healthy adults’ views and experiences on behavior change strategies in mobile applications for diet monitoring: A single centre qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10653402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37972052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292390
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