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Characteristics of visitors and revisitors to an Internet-delivered computer-tailored lifestyle intervention implemented for use by the general public
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The Internet has become important for the delivery of behavior change interventions. This observational study examines how many people visited, registered and revisited a web-based computer-tailored intervention promoting heart-healthy behaviors when it is implemented for use by the general public. Among registered visitors, the association between visitors' characteristics and initiating, completing and revisiting the website and/or its behavior-specific modules was analyzed. Server statistics showed that 285 146 visitors from unique IP addresses landed on the home page in a 36-month period; of these, >50% left the intervention website within 30 s. In total, 81 574 (28.6%) visitors completed the registration procedure and gained access to the intervention; 99% of registered visitors initiated one module, 91% completed at least one module and 6% revisited the intervention. The majority of the registered visitors were women, medium to highly educated, with a body mass index (BMI) <25. Women, visitors aged 40-50 years, visitors with a medium educational level and visitors with a BMI <25 were more likely to initiate and finish the modules. It is concluded that a heart-healthy computer-tailored Internet program can reach substantial numbers of people, but additional research is needed to develop promotional strategies that reach the high-risk population, i.e. men, older and lower educated persons.
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“The bounce rate of 19.37% was also substantially lower than that observed in other interventions (eg, 32.9% in an intervention promoting sexual health, and 56.3% in an intervention promoting heart-healthy behaviors) [21,22], indicating that the home page was effective at engaging users.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brouwer, W., Oenema, A., Raat, H., Crutzen, R., de Nooijer, J., de Vries, N. K., & Brug, J.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Brouwer, W.
- Venue
- Health Education Research
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2009-11-06
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 585-595
- ISSN
- 0268-1153 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-3648
- OpenAlex
- W2111665408
- Cited by
- 147
- References
- 49
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- FWCI
- 16.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Health Education Research (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Keywords
- computer-tailored intervention, online intervention, heart-healthy lifestyle, visitor characteristics, website engagement, intervention completion, user registration, health promotion targeting, vulnerable populations
- MeSH terms
- Smoking Prevention, Adult, Diet, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Life Style, Male, Middle Aged, Socioeconomic Factors, Health Behavior, Exercise, Body Mass Index, Internet, Overweight
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