Smart Cues Toolkit: Supporting Physical Activity at Home with Interactive Contextual Cues

智能提示工具包：通过交互式上下文提示支持家庭体育活动

• 批准号: EP/X036766/1
• 负责人: Katarzyna Stawarz
• 金额: $ 79.87万
• 依托单位: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX036766%2F1
• 关键词: Smart; Cues; Toolkit; Supporting; Physical

Physical activity is a miracle drug: even a small amount of activity has a positive impact on our health and wellbeing. However, finding time to exercise is difficult, especially if we have other things to do every day. One solution is adding movement to our everyday routine and moving a bit more when we do other things, e.g., standing on one leg when brushing your teeth to work on our balance. Behaviours like that help to add more activity into our day without extra effort or having to find time - but we still have to remember to do it, which is not easy. But what if we did not have to remember?Habits could help. Habitual behaviours are automatic and do not require conscious remembering. However, as anyone who has ever tried to start a new habit knows, it can be difficult - especially if that habit involves physical activity. Habits form when the behaviour is consistently repeated in the same environment: in the same place, in the presence of the same objects, etc. It is the environment and contextual cues that with time start to prompt the behaviour so that it happens automatically. Internet of Things (IoT) technologies could help us control such contextual cues and create our own 'smart cues' that are tailored to our routines and the behaviours we want to turn into habits. So far IoT has been used in home settings to help control the environment (e.g. controlling lights) and provide health monitoring (e.g. fall detection), but as IoT technologies often become part of the home environment - and habits depend on the environment to form - they could be used to facilitate and support habit formation. While there has been limited research on the use of IoT to support behaviour change, no work has focused on supporting habits, even though long-term change in behaviour depends on the formation of habits to ensure that the new behaviour continues. We want to address this gap. This project aims to apply habit formation research to the development of IoT systems ('smart cues') that could support the formation of exercise habits at home. We will develop a Smart Cues Toolkit that will include: a set of interaction techniques, design patterns, recommended materials and form factors for smart cues; a set of validated prototypes; and case studies showcasing implementation challenges and solutions. The toolkit will provide guidance on developing home IoT systems for supporting physical activity habits that can be used by researchers to help inform behaviour change interventions. The development of the toolkit will depend on an in-depth understanding of users' needs, attitudes, and expectations, as well as identifying how smart cues could best fit into people's homes. As a result, the toolkit will also benefit other types of behaviour change interventions that rely on the formation of new habits, e.g. home-based rehabilitation or supporting sustainable behaviours.

体育活动是一种神奇的药物：即使是少量的活动也会对我们的健康和幸福产生积极的影响。然而，找时间锻炼是困难的，特别是如果我们每天都有其他事情要做。一个解决方案是在日常生活中增加运动，在做其他事情时多动一点，例如，刷牙时单腿站立，锻炼我们的平衡。这样的行为可以帮助我们在一天中增加更多的活动，而不需要额外的努力或找时间——但我们仍然要记住这样做，这并不容易。但如果我们不需要记忆呢？习惯会有所帮助。习惯性行为是自动的，不需要有意识的记忆。然而，任何尝试过养成新习惯的人都知道，这可能很难——尤其是如果这个习惯涉及到体育锻炼的话。当行为在相同的环境中不断重复时，习惯就形成了：在同一个地方，在相同的物体面前，等等。随着时间的推移，环境和上下文线索开始提示行为，使其自动发生。物联网（IoT）技术可以帮助我们控制这些情境线索，并创建我们自己的“智能线索”，根据我们的日常生活和我们想要变成习惯的行为量身定制。到目前为止，物联网已被用于家庭环境中，以帮助控制环境（例如控制灯光）和提供健康监测（例如跌倒检测），但随着物联网技术经常成为家庭环境的一部分-习惯取决于环境的形成-它们可用于促进和支持习惯的形成。虽然关于使用物联网支持行为改变的研究有限，但没有工作专注于支持习惯，即使行为的长期改变取决于习惯的形成，以确保新行为的持续。我们想要解决这个差距。该项目旨在将习惯形成研究应用于物联网系统（“智能线索”）的开发，该系统可以支持在家锻炼习惯的形成。我们将开发一个智能球杆工具包，其中包括：一套智能球杆的交互技术、设计模式、推荐材料和外形因素；一组经过验证的原型；以及展示实施挑战和解决方案的案例研究。该工具包将为开发家庭物联网系统提供指导，以支持研究人员可以使用的身体活动习惯，以帮助告知行为改变干预措施。该工具包的开发将取决于对用户需求、态度和期望的深入了解，以及确定智能提示如何最适合人们的家庭。因此，该工具包还将有利于依赖新习惯形成的其他类型的行为改变干预措施，例如以家庭为基础的康复或支持可持续行为。