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Physical Activity Behavior and

Health Apps in Y-Generation:

do they really work?

Ricardo Brandão de Oliveira, PhD

Marcos Vinicius Lima de Oliveira, MSc

Laboratory of Physical Activity and Health Promotion

Department of Sports

Rio de Janeiro State University

Physical Activity and m-Health – Ricardo Oliveira, PhD

10%


2002

Mobile Subscriptions

2.2 bilion

2005 7.0 bilion120 per 100 inhabitants


Coverage

85%


Tracking


W.E-B.E. PROJECT(Web Evidence-Based Exercise)

Physical Activity Behavior and Health Apps in Y-Generation: do they really

work?

Marcos V. Oliveira B.Sc1,2; Ricardo B. Oliveira PhD1,2

1 – Laboratory of Physical Activity and Health Promotion

2 – Post Graduate Program in Exercise and Sport Sciences (PPGCEE/UERJ).

,Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


Aims to investigate how undergraduate students, most from the so called Y generation, have been using health related apps and the impact of these new technologies in their physical activity behaviors.

Objective

W.E-B.E. ProjectPhysical Activity Behavior and Health Apps in

Y-Generation: do they really work?


• Cross-sectional, descriptive study;• 591 undergraduate students (269 men);• 21 out 35 major disciplines (60%);• Mean age 21±4 years

Methods – Sample




• Data was collected by using 10 question semi-structured questionnaire adapted from the Milennials Pew ResearchCenter*. Questions were related to use of smartphones, health apps and time spent using these technologies.

Methods – Apps use



*www.pewresearch.org


• To evaluate the physical active behavior, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), which evaluates physical activity and sedentary behaviors, was used. According to the IPAQ results, subjects were classified as insufficiently active (<1000 kcal/week), moderate active (1000 to 2000 kacl/week) and highly active (>2000 kcal/week).

Methods – Physical Activity Behavior




• Demographic characteristics, physical activity and sedentary behaviors between those who use or not health and physical activity related apps were compared using χ2 tests for categorical variables and unpaired t-tests for continuous variables.

Methods – Statistics




Results

W.E-B.E. Project

Use smart phones?

Yes (88.6%)

No (11.3%)

Ever used a health app?

No (30.2%)

Yes (69.8%)

Physical Activity Behavior and Health Apps in



Results



Type of Health App?

Others (26.1%)

Nutrition (36%)

Reasons for using?

Exercise (37.8%)


Results



Demographics, physical activity and sedentary behaviors between those who use

and do not use smartphones.

Non-Users Users Valor

Variáveis (n = 169) (n = 348) P

Age (yrs) 23±7 21±4 <0.001

Weight (kg) 68.7±14 66.6±14 0.14

Height (cm) 170.0±8.9 169.0±9.5 0.22

BMI (kg/m2) 23.7±3.8 23.0±4.5 0.87

PAB (Kcal/week) 2096±2898 2640±3667 0.09

Sitting time (hours/day) 7.7±3.4 8.2±3.4 0.14

PAB - physical activity behavior; BMI - body mass index

SmartPhone


Results



Demographics, physical activity and sedentary behaviors between those who use

and do not use health apps.

Non-users Users Valor

Variáveis (n = 169) (n = 384) P

Age (years) 21±3 21±4 0.96

Weight (kg) 66.7±13 66.9±15 0.87

Height (cm) 169.0±9.1 169.1±9.6 0.69

BMI (kg/m2) 23.0±4.4 23.1±4.5 0.78

PAB (Kcal/week) 2754±3706 2489±3525 0.21

Sitting time (hours/day) 8.1±3.3 8.2±3.4 0.67

PAB - physical activity behavior; BMI - body mass index

Health Apps


Results


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Physical Activity Related Apps


Conclusions



• High prevalence of undergraduate students using smartphones;

• High prevalence of undergraduate students using health related Apps

• Physical activity and sedentary behaviors were not different between users and

non-users of smartphones, health and exercise Apps.

Dr. Ricardo Brandão (Coord.)

Dr. Daniel Bottino

Dr. Roberto Lourenço

Dr. Paulo Farinatti

Thank you!

Collaborators

Master Student

Marcos Oliveira

Dr. Ricardo Brandão

Dr. Daniel Bottino

Dr. Roberto Lourenço

Dr. Paulo Farinatti

Dr. Eliete Bouskela

Dr. Maria das Graças de Souza

Undergraduate Students

Clara Maria Araújo

Maria Aparecida

Marcos Vinicius

Rayane Pacheco

Priscilla Gomes

Rafael Rieira

Debora Marotto

Julio Brandão

Victor André

Patrícia Lucas

Rafael Nasser

Patrick Alan

Raquel Assis

Luma Vilas Boas

Bianca Katcherie

PhD Student

Karynne Grutter Lopes

Physical Activity and m-Health – [email protected]

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