Research Article
Personalised Guidance Services for Optimising Lifestyle in Teen-Agers Through Awareness, Motivation and Engagement – PEGASO: A Pilot Study Protocol
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-58877-3_6, author={Fulvio Adorni and Federica Prinelli and Chiara Crespi and Elisa Puigdom\'{e}nech and Santiago Gomez and Espallargues Mireia and Castell Conxa and Brian McKinstry and Anne Martin and Lucy McCloughan and Alexandra Lang and Laura Condon and Sarah Atkinson and Rajeeb Rashid}, title={Personalised Guidance Services for Optimising Lifestyle in Teen-Agers Through Awareness, Motivation and Engagement -- PEGASO: A Pilot Study Protocol}, proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. 6th International Conference, MobiHealth 2016, Milan, Italy, November 14-16, 2016, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH}, year={2017}, month={6}, keywords={ICT Lifestyles habits Adolescents Awareness Motivation}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-58877-3_6} }
- Fulvio Adorni
Federica Prinelli
Chiara Crespi
Elisa Puigdomènech
Santiago Gomez
Espallargues Mireia
Castell Conxa
Brian McKinstry
Anne Martin
Lucy McCloughan
Alexandra Lang
Laura Condon
Sarah Atkinson
Rajeeb Rashid
Year: 2017
Personalised Guidance Services for Optimising Lifestyle in Teen-Agers Through Awareness, Motivation and Engagement – PEGASO: A Pilot Study Protocol
MOBIHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58877-3_6
Abstract
Adolescence is a vulnerable stage in which the development of certain unhealthy behaviours can occur. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among European teenagers is rapidly increasing and may lead to both short- and long-term health complications. The fast development of the ICT, and in particular mobile technologies, together with their increasing diffusion among the EU populations offers an important opportunity for facing these issues in an innovative manner introducing the possibility of a new technological framework to re-design the healthcare system model. The PEGASO project relies on a mobile-and cloud-based ICT platform to set up a system of new healthcare services targeted to teens for obesity prevention. The present paper describes the protocol of a six-month Pilot Study that will be carried out on 525 adolescents in four different European sites (Italy, Catalonia, England, Scotland), aiming to evaluate the PEGASO system usability and effectiveness in promoting healthy lifestyles.