Title:

e-Health Exercise Interventions Can Boost Physical Activity and Number of Steps in Healthy Older People
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105898
Summary:

Phone-based e-Health interventions and wearable physical activity training programs can boost daily physical activity overall, and number of steps per day specifically.

Highlights: This meta-analysis looks at which type of e-Health interventions are most effective at increasing physical activity levels in older people.
  • The authors conducted a systematic literature review up to July 2025, leading to a network meta-analysis of sixteen randomized control studies involving 2,296 participants.
  • The intervention that increased daily physical activity the most was a computer phone-based intervention (ES = 0.47; 95 % CI: 0.11, 0.84; compared to the control group). It gave participants a tablet computer preloaded with an application (app) that offered recommendations on healthy habits and physical activity.
  • The intervention that increased number of daily steps most involved setting a goal for number of steps per day and wearing a device that both monitored activity (e.g. using a pedometer or accelerometer), and provided motivational instructions aimed at achieving the daily step goal (ES = 1.06; 95 % CI: 0.20, 1.92; compared to the control group).
Topics: Environment: Climate change mitigation, Sustainable transportation
Resource Type: Strategies and Interventions
Publisher: National Academy of Science
Date Last Updated: 2025-10-10 15:02:46

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