Title
Does Personalization of Motivational Messages Enhance Adherence to Walking Interventions Among Cancer Patients?
Authors
[ 1 ] Instytut Informatyki, Wydział Informatyki i Telekomunikacji, Politechnika Poznańska | [ P ] employee
Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)
Year of publication
2025
Chapter type
chapter in monograph / paper
Publication language
english
Abstract
EN The CAPABLE project aims to enhance the well-being of home-managed cancer patients by implementing a coaching system that recommends evidence-based health behavior change interventions and supports patient compliance. This study evaluates the effectiveness of personalizing motivational messages to improve compliance with a walking intervention. Using enrollment questionnaires, we developed a system that tailors messages according to scores on psychological constructs (attitude, self-efficacy, and social norms) assessed at the initial evaluation, focusing on the lowest scores first. We compared two groups: patients receiving personalized messages (56 patients) and those with fixed message delivery (31 patients). Initial results showed greater regularity in walking among the personalized group, possibly due to more patients receiving explicit walking prescriptions. Further analysis of patients not directly prescribed walking revealed no significant impact of message personalization on walking behavior. These findings suggest that clinician recommendations may play a larger role than message personalization, highlighting the need for integrated approaches.
Date of online publication
23.04.2025
Pages (from - to)
80 - 93
Ministry points / chapter
20
System created by Poznań University of Technology
and Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
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