Effect of a Digital Health Physical Activity Program Integrating Gamification for Obesity Management in Comparison With Usual Care: Randomized Controlled Trial With an Ideographic Approach
Alexandre Mazéas, Aïna Chalabaev, Marine Blond, Charline Mourgues, Bruno Pereira, Martine Duclos · 2025
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Description
Alexandre Mazéas and co-authors gamify exercise for obesity care in a 2025 randomized trial from France. Fifty adults with obesity or type 2 diabetes joined the trial. Half were assigned to a digital program with game elements and remote coaching; the rest, to a supervised in-person activity program, the usual care at their hospital.
Both ran three months, with follow-up to six. Beyond group averages, the trial embeds single-patient analyses to catch individual patterns that means would hide. Outcomes span activity levels, clinical measures, and cost-effectiveness. The authors designed the study to answer not just whether the app works on average, but for whom, and how change unfolds week by week.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alexandre Mazéas, Aïna Chalabaev, Marine Blond, Charline Mourgues, Bruno Pereira, Martine Duclos |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |