Shifting Gears: The impact of a smartphone intervention on workday physical activity, healthy diet choices and chronic disease risks in truck drivers
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- Truck drivers in the Americas and Europe have been found to be highly susceptible to cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity. They are typically older men who, due to time pressures at work, experience long periods of occupational sedentary exposure, physical inactivity and poor diets.
Shifting Gears, an Australian, State and Territory funded initiative, which ran from February to November 2014, targeted chronic disease risks through a lifestyle intervention. In combination with educational messages and an incentives program, the intervention used smartphone technology to encourage drivers to implement and self-regulate physical activity and healthy dietary choices.
This presentation, given by Dr Nick Gilson from HMNS at UQ, provides an overview of key findings from the suite of Shifting Gears studies. Specifically, data will be presented on driver engagement with the intervention and the extent to which engagement encouraged changes in risk profiles. Conclusions will highlight directions for future research and challenges for translation.
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