Home-based physical activity strategies for healthy adults: A scoping review

Home-based physical activity (PA) programs have been identified as a potentially effective strategy for reducing sedentary behaviors and promoting physical health. This scoping review aims to collect strategies for increasing home-based PA for healthy adults. The search conducted in November 2022 encompassed PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Google Scholar. The focus of the search was to identify primary studies on strategies to increase home-based PA in healthy individuals. The extracted data from the identified studies were recorded in a data-charting form specifically designed. Two authors thoroughly reviewed the extracted data to ensure accuracy and consistency. To summarize and present the findings, a narrative synthesizing approach was employed. Strategies based on characteristics of PA, individual characteristics, social support, establishing suitable conditions at home, using technology to engage in PA, strategies based on theoretical foundations, and pursuing PA programs were analyzed. The valuable results of the present study can become the basis for increasing PA, especially at home and in developing societies. Health policymakers, health promotion professionals, researchers, and healthcare providers can implement the most appropriate strategies for PA at home.