Quality, Features, and Presence of Behavior Change Techniques in Mobile Apps Designed to Improve Physical Activity in Pregnant Women: Systematic Search and Content Analysis

Melanie Hayman   ¹ , PhD ;   Kristie-Lee Alfrey   ¹ , BPsycSc(Hons) ;   Summer Cannon   ¹ , BPsycSc(Hons) ;   Stephanie Alley   ¹ , PhD ;   Amanda L Rebar   ¹ , PhD ;   Susan Williams   ¹ , PhD ;   Camille E Short   ² , PhD ;   Abby Altazan   ³ , MSc ;   Natalie Comardelle   ³ , BSc ;   Sinead Currie   ⁴ , PhD ;   Caitlin Denton   ³ , BSc ;   Cheryce L Harrison   ⁵ , PhD ;   Tayla Lamerton   ⁶ , PhD ;   Gabriela P Mena   ⁶ , MD ;   Lisa Moran   ⁵ , PhD ;   Michelle Mottola   ⁷ , PhD ;   Taniya S Nagpal   ⁸ ;   Lisa Vincze   ⁹ , PhD ;   Stephanie Schoeppe   ¹ , PhD

¹ School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, Australia

² School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

³ Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States

⁴ Division of Psychology, Stirling University, Scotland, United Kingdom

⁵ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

⁶ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

⁷ Faculty of Health Sciences in Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

⁸ School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁹ School of Allied Health Sciences - Nutrition and Dietetics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia