A Workplace Physical Activity Intervention and a Smartphone App for Overweight and Obese Sedentary Women.
| Autor: | Cebrick-Grossman, Joan A., Fetherman, Debra L. |
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OBESITY treatment
MOBILE apps PHOTON absorptiometry COMMUNITY health services ABDOMEN NURSES BODY mass index T-test (Statistics) WORK environment SEDENTARY lifestyles EVALUATION of human services programs BODY composition STATISTICAL sampling GOAL (Psychology) GAIT in humans DESCRIPTIVE statistics MULTIVARIATE analysis HIP joint WAIST circumference TRANSLATIONAL research CONTROL groups PRE-tests & post-tests LEAN body mass THIGH WOMEN employees RESEARCH methodology INFERENTIAL statistics ANALYSIS of variance HEALTH promotion ANTHROPOMETRY DATA analysis software PHYSICAL activity INDUSTRIAL hygiene BICEPS brachii |
| Zdroj: | Workplace Health & Safety; Oct2024, Vol. 72 Issue 10, p431-438, 8p |
| Abstrakt: | Background: The sedentary aspects of many U.S. occupations and the amount of time American workers spend in the workplace make it an ideal location to implement health promotion programs. Methods: This study assessed the effectiveness of a free smartphone app with a goal-setting feature to increase physical activity (PA) and impact anthropometric, body mass (BM), and body composition (BC) changes among overweight and obese women within a community health workforce. Eighteen overweight and obese (body mass index [BMI] = 32.18 ± 4.48 kg/m2), adult (50.73 ± 8.76 years), female volunteers, tracked daily steps with a free smartphone app (StridekickTM) over an 8-week period. Pre- and post-program body composition (BC) measurements included: relative (%) body fat (BF), fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM), and lean mass (LM), using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA scan), and five anthropometric measurements (biceps, waist, abdomen, hips, and thigh). Findings: Pre- to post-program average daily steps resulted in significant anthropometric changes for biceps, hips, and thigh measures, with encouraging changes in FFM, LM, and relative (%) BF. The goal-setting feature of the app did not result in significant differences between the experimental and control groups. No differences were noted in FM, BMI, waist, and abdomen or step goals compared with steps completed. Conclusions: An occupational PA health promotion intervention program that tracked daily steps through the StridekickTM smartphone app resulted in anthropometric, BM, and BC changes. Application to Practice: The workplace is an ideal location to affect change in health behaviors via a free smartphone app to increase PA and improve health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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