Mateo-Orcajada Adrián, Abenza-Cano Lucía, Albaladejo-Saura Mario Demófilo, Vaquero-Cristóbal Raquel
Facultad de Deporte, UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia, Campus de los Jerónimos, Guadalupe, Murcia 30107 Spain.
Educ Inf Technol (Dordr). 2023 Jan 24:1-32. doi: 10.1007/s10639-023-11584-0.
Previous scientific research on the use of mobile applications to increase physical activity level and improve health among adolescents does not provide conclusive results, one of the main reasons being the lack of adherence to the intervention after the first weeks. For this reason, the main objectives of the research were to determine the changes produced by a compulsory ten-week period of after-school intervention with mobile step-tracking applications on adolescents' health; and the final objective to compare the benefits obtained by each of the mobile applications. To meet the objectives, a longitudinal study with non-probability convenience sampling was proposed. The sample consisted of 400 adolescents from two public compulsory secondary schools in the Region of Murcia, Spain, whose body composition, level of physical activity, adherence to the Mediterranean diet, and physical fitness were measured. The SPSS statistical software was used for statistical analysis. The results showed that adolescents in the experimental group showed a higher level of physical activity and better body composition and physical fitness variables after the intervention compared to the control group, with differences between the different applications used. In conclusion, this research shows the usefulness of mobile applications if they are used in a compulsory way after school hours. The relevance of these results for policymakers lies in the fact that they provide statistical data on the usefulness of mobile applications as an educational resource, being an option to make up for the lack of sufficient physical education teaching hours to meet global physical activity recommendations.
以往关于使用移动应用程序来提高青少年身体活动水平和改善健康状况的科学研究并未得出确凿结果,主要原因之一是在最初几周后缺乏对干预措施的坚持。因此,该研究的主要目标是确定在放学后强制使用移动步数追踪应用程序进行为期十周的干预对青少年健康产生的变化;最终目标是比较每个移动应用程序所带来的益处。为实现这些目标,提出了一项采用非概率便利抽样的纵向研究。样本包括来自西班牙穆尔西亚地区两所公立义务制中学的400名青少年,对他们的身体成分、身体活动水平、对地中海饮食的依从性以及身体素质进行了测量。使用SPSS统计软件进行统计分析。结果表明,与对照组相比,实验组的青少年在干预后身体活动水平更高,身体成分和身体素质变量更好,且不同应用程序之间存在差异。总之,这项研究表明,如果在放学后强制使用移动应用程序,它们是有用的。这些结果对政策制定者的意义在于,它们提供了关于移动应用程序作为一种教育资源有用性的统计数据,是弥补体育教育教学时间不足以满足全球身体活动建议的一种选择。
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