Research on the Effect of Smart Phone Loaded Exercise Apps to Regular Exercise Behavior of College Students -An Example of a University in Southern Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chiung-Fang Kan, 甘瓊芳
• Other Authors: Hsing-Yen Hsieh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5g8v6y

碩士 === 義守大學 === 醫務管理學系 === 102 === Background: According to the survey from Department of Education on 2010, college students in Taiwan have less regular exercise population compared to other schools level. High obesity rate and low participation rate in exercise are current health issues of college students. Therefore, discussion about factors for not regular exercisers and studies on intervention to keep exercise routine gradually become important. Method: To understand how the exercise Apps for smartphone affect exercise pattern of college students, the compare group design was conducted at a southern university. Among 106 participants, 212 questionnaires were sent out. Valid response for pre-test is 104 out of 106, and 100 out of 106 for post-test. Total response rate is 96.23%. Valid sample size is 100 and the valid response rate is 94.34%.Descriptive statistics, factor analysis, independent sample t test, chi-square test, ANOVA and Scheffe test were applied for data analysis. Result: The result shows ball games and out-door sport are two most common types of exercise. After intervention, in the experimental group, the percentage of students exercise less than 2 times a week decrease from 49.1% to 30.2% and the percentage of those who exercise more than three times a week increases from 50.9% to 69.8%. Also, the average weekly exercise time of the experimental group is 376.61minutes which is longer than the average 283.91 minutes of the control group. The effect of intervention is significant. There are 60% of participants perceive their amount of exercise is not enough. The main reasons include busy, no companions and insufficient equipments. The experimental group has better evaluation on exercise attitude, and so do those exercise more. After the use of exercise Apps for 4 weeks, 80% of users agree it enhance the motivation, due to the design of track recording, calorie consumption calculation and function of sharing with friends. Conclusion: The application of exercise Apps on smart phones benefits participation rate and attitude toward exercise. However, the effect does not persist long. To prolong the intervention period may have profound effect to build up regular exercise behavior. The result provides reference for future policy making for health promoting school.