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We examined general medium\/long-term engagement and disengagement patterns of the 10,000 Steps program.\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:bold>Methods<\/jats:bold>\n                      :\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    Sequence analysis identified patterns of program use over 7\u00a0years (2018\u20132024) of adults from Queensland, Australia. Subgroup patterns of program engagement were identified. Logistic regression identified demographic and program correlates of subgroup membership.\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>\n                      :\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    Most users showed short-term program engagement. Two user groups engaged over a longer period compared with most users. One group (7.1%) showed a pattern of program use between periods of inactivity. These users were more likely to have heard about the program through health professionals\/programs (odds ratio [OR]\u2009=\u20094.59; 95% CI, 3.49\u20136.06) or family\/friends (OR\u2009=\u20093.88; 95% CI, 2.94\u20135.12), and participated in Tournaments (OR\u2009=\u20091.37; 95% CI, 1.30\u20131.45), or used Fitbit devices (OR\u2009=\u20091.73; 95% CI, 1.42\u20132.11) or the website (OR\u2009=\u20092.25; 95% CI, 1.82\u20132.78). A small group consistently used the program with little inactivity (4.5%), characterized by participating in more individual Challenges (OR\u2009=\u20091.32; 95% CI, 1.26\u20131.38) and Tournaments (OR\u2009=\u20091.76; 95% CI, 1.59\u20131.94), and using Garmin devices (OR\u2009=\u2009319.37; 95% CI, 219.20\u2013465.31) and the Google app (OR\u2009=\u20096.37; 95% CI, 2.50\u201316.21).\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:bold>Conclusions<\/jats:bold>\n                      :\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    These findings reveal that medium\/long-term engagement with the 10,000 Steps program is characterized by varying levels of engagement over time, depending on program feature engagement and device use.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1123\/jpah.2025-0740","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,29]],"date-time":"2026-05-29T18:30:11Z","timestamp":1780079411000},"page":"1381-1393","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Applying Sequence Analysis to Explore Real-World Usage Patterns in the 10,000 Steps Digital Physical Activity Program"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2120-6609","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Yanshu","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Danielle","family":"Taylor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthias","family":"Kubler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sarah-Ann","family":"Burger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6506-1996","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Anetta","family":"Van Itallie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Appleton Institute, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4445-8094","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Corneel","family":"Vandelanotte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Appleton Institute, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4911-7106","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mark","family":"Robinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"100","reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"r1","series-title":"Am J Prev Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"894","DOI":"10.1016\/j.amepre.2018.12.005","article-title":"Mobile health applications in weight management: a systematic literature review","volume":"56","author":"Dounavi K","year":"2019","unstructured":"Dounavi K, Tsoumani O. 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