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Area of Science:

  • Digital Health
  • Behavioral Science
  • Personalized Medicine

Background:

  • Digital behavior change interventions (DBCIs) show promise for improving physical activity.
  • Long-term participant engagement with DBCIs is not well understood.
  • Engagement is a dynamic process influenced by individual contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate long-term engagement dynamics in DBCIs.
  • To model individual engagement using a system identification approach.
  • To explore relationships between Self-Determination Theory constructs and engagement.

Main Methods:

  • A year-long micro-randomized trial (HeartSteps II) with 11 participants.
  • Integrated data from wearable sensors, app usage, and ecological momentary assessments.
  • Applied autoregressive with exogenous input (ARX) analysis inspired by Self-Determination Theory (SDT).

Main Results:

  • The SDT-inspired ARX model predicted app engagement with 31.75% weighted RMSEA.
  • Model fit varied between Hispanic/Latino (34.22%) and non-Hispanic/Latino White (22.39%) participants.
  • Daily notification prompts, weekend/weekday status, and perceived busyness predicted app usage.

Conclusions:

  • A novel approach to model dynamic DBCI engagement was developed.
  • Identified factors can personalize and adapt interventions for sustained behavior change.
  • Tailoring interventions based on individual context can enhance engagement over time.