| Literature DB >> 24575398 |
Stephanie Alley1, Cally Jennings2, Nayadin Persaud3, Ronald C Plotnikoff4, Mike Horsley3, Corneel Vandelanotte1.
Abstract
Over half of the Australian population does not meet physical activity guidelines and has an increased risk of chronic disease. Web-based physical activity interventions have the potential to reach large numbers of the population at low-cost, however issues have been identified with usage and participant retention. Personalized (computer-tailored) physical activity advice delivered through video has the potential to address low engagement, however it is unclear whether it is more effective in engaging participants when compared to text-delivered personalized advice. This study compared the attention and recall outcomes of tailored physical activity advice in video- vs. text-format. Participants (n = 41) were randomly assigned to receive either video- or text-tailored feedback with identical content. Outcome measures included attention to the feedback, measured through advanced eye-tracking technology (TobiiX 120), and recall of the advice, measured through a post intervention interview. Between group ANOVA's, Mann-Whitney U tests and chi square analyses were applied. Participants in the video-group displayed greater attention to the physical activity feedback in terms of gaze-duration on the feedback (7.7 vs. 3.6 min, p < 001), total fixation-duration on the feedback (6.0 vs. 3.3 min, p < 001), and focusing on feedback (6.8 vs. 3.5 min, p < 001). Despite both groups having the same ability to navigate through the feedback, the video-group completed a significantly (p < 0.001) higher percentage of feedback sections (95%) compared to the text-group (66%). The main messages were recalled in both groups, but many details were forgotten. No significant between group differences were found for message recall. These results suggest that video-tailored feedback leads to greater attention compared to text-tailored feedback. More research is needed to determine how message recall can be improved, and whether video-tailored advice can lead to greater health behavior change.Entities:
Keywords: eye-tracking; health promotion; physical activity; tailoring; web-based
Year: 2014 PMID: 24575398 PMCID: PMC3921670 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Public Health ISSN: 2296-2565
Participant demographics for total group and for video- and text-groups.
| Total | Video | Text | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ( | ( | ( | ||
| Gender | Males | 14 (34) | 7 (33) | 7 (35) |
| Females | 27 (66) | 14 (67) | 13 (65) | |
| Age | 18–30 | 12 (29) | 8 (38) | 4 (20) |
| 31–50 | 15 (37) | 5 (24) | 10 (50) | |
| >50 | 14 (33) | 8 (38) | 6 (30) | |
| BMI | Normal (<25) | 23 (57) | 11 (55) | 12 (60) |
| Overweight (≥25) | 17 (43) | 9 (45) | 8 (40) | |
| Motivation | Motivated | 31 (76) | 16 (76) | 15 (75) |
| Not motivated | 10 (24) | 5 (24) | 5 (25) | |
| Education | Secondary school | 9 (22) | 5 (24) | 4 (20) |
| TAFE | 7 (17) | 3 (14) | 4 (20) | |
| University | 25 (61) | 13 (62) | 12 (60) | |
| Employment | Full time | 13 (32) | 7 (33) | 6 (30) |
| Part time | 17 (42) | 8 (38) | 9 (45) | |
| Unemployed | 3 (7) | 1 (5) | 2 (10) | |
| Student | 8 (20) | 5 (24) | 3 (15) | |
| Income | <30,000 | 16 (39) | 9 (43) | 7 (35) |
| 30,001–70,000 | 11 (26) | 5 (24) | 6 (30) | |
| >70,001 | 14 (35) | 7 (33) | 7 (35) | |
Figure 1Gaze-, fixation-, and focusing-duration in the feedback area by group (video, .
Descriptive statistics for gaze-, fixation-, and focusing-duration in the feedback area and distraction by group (video and text).
| Attention | Distraction | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaze-duration feedback area (min) | Fixation-duration feedback area (min) | Focusing-duration on feedback (min) | Gaze-duration other areas on screen (min) | ||||||
| Group | |||||||||
| Video | 20 | 7.72 ± 2.00 | 30.39 | 5.96 ± 1.93 | 13.09 | 6.82 ± 1.94 | 20.85 | 1.56 ± 0.68 | 29.33 |
| Text | 17 | 3.63 ± 2.43 | 3.30 ± 2.19 | 3.50 ± 2.38 | 0.42 ± 0.56 | ||||
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Adjusted for number of feedback sections.
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Correct responses for each recall question by group and chi square comparison of correct responses in video- and text-groups.
| Correct response | Chi square χ2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total group | Video-group | Text-group | ||
| Q1. What is the goal of the advice? | 33 (80) | 15 (71) | 18 (90) | 2.25 ns. |
| Q2. What is the recommended amount of physical activity? | 25 (61) | 12 (57) | 13 (65) | 0.27 ns. |
| Q3. What is the optimal amount of physical activity per day? | 21 (51) | 11 (52) | 10 (50) | 0.02 ns. |
| Q4. Are you meeting the physical activity guidelines? | 36 (88) | 18 (86) | 18 (90) | 0.18 ns. |
| Q5. Exactly how many minutes of physical activity do you do on a weekly basis? | 35 (85) | 17 (81) | 18 (90) | 0.67 ns. |
| Q6. What was presented in the graph | 14 (34) | 7 (35) | 7 (33) | 0.01 ns. |
| Q7. What was each of the bars in the graph showing? | 15 (37) | 8 (38) | 7 (35) | 0.04 ns. |
| Q8. How will meeting the physical activity recommendations benefit you? | 34 (83) | 17 (81) | 17 (85) | 0.12 ns. |
| Q9. What chronic diseases can be prevented? | 33 (80) | 18 (86) | 15 (75) | 0.75 ns. |
ns., not significant.