The application of design thinking in physical activity research: a protocol for a scoping review

Background Despite the many health benefits, global levels of physical activity remain insufficient. Traditional approaches to promoting physical activity have shown limited success, indicating the need for innovative strategies. Human-centred design thinking (HCDT) is a creative problem-solving and...

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Vydané v:Systematic reviews Ročník 14; číslo 1; s. 201 - 8
Hlavní autori: Rivera, Elise, Romero, Vivian, Cassar, Samuel
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: London BioMed Central 24.10.2025
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Active living
Biomedicine
Design thinking
Exercise
Health Promotion - methods
Health Sciences
Human-centred design thinking
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Physical activity
Protocol
Research Design
Scoping Review as Topic
Statistics for Life Sciences
Thinking
User-centred design
Active living
User-centred design
Physical activity
Design thinking
Human-centred design thinking
ISSN:2046-4053, 2046-4053
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Shrnutí:Background Despite the many health benefits, global levels of physical activity remain insufficient. Traditional approaches to promoting physical activity have shown limited success, indicating the need for innovative strategies. Human-centred design thinking (HCDT) is a creative problem-solving and solution generation approach that offers a novel method for developing tailored interventions by engaging communities and understanding their specific contexts. However, it is unclear to what extent HCDT is being applied in physical activity research. The purpose of this protocol is to specify how a scoping review will be conducted to identify, explore, and map the application of HCDT in physical activity research. Methods The scoping review protocol will follow Arksey and O’Malley’s methodological framework, encompassing five stages: identifying the research question; identifying relevant studies; selecting eligible studies; charting the data; and collating, summarising, and reporting the results. The scoping review will follow the reporting guidance in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses protocols (PRIMSA-P) and the PRIMSA-P checklist for reporting scoping reviews. The database literature search will be conducted using PubMed, SportDiscus, PsychINFO, CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, ProQuest, SCOPUS, and Web of Science. The inclusion criteria include: qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods studies or protocol papers; full-text availability; published after 2016 and in English; and studies with explicit use of HCDT. Two reviewers will screen titles, abstracts, and full texts for inclusion. Two reviewers will extract the data from included studies using a data extraction table. Findings from the studies will be aggregated to summarise recurring themes via a narrative report. Discussion It is unknown how HCDT is currently being applied in physical activity research, despite its proven potential to address complex health challenges and offer innovative solutions. This scoping review will provide an overview of the current utilisation of HCDT, such as which HCDT approaches and activities are applied most often and where HCDT is being used for physical activity (i.e. populations, geographies). The scoping review findings will inform researchers, practitioners, and policymakers about the current state of HCDT in physical activity research. Scoping review registration This protocol has been registered within the Open Science Framework platform: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/F94PZ ).
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ISSN:2046-4053
2046-4053
DOI:10.1186/s13643-025-02949-2