Feasibility of Smartphone Application- and Social Media-Based Intervention on College Students' Health Outcomes: A Pilot Randomized Trial

Autor/inn/en	Pope, Zachary C.; Gao, Zan
Titel	Feasibility of Smartphone Application- and Social Media-Based Intervention on College Students' Health Outcomes: A Pilot Randomized Trial
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 70 (2022) 1, S.89-98 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2020.1726925
Schlagwörter	Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Social Media; Health Education; Intervention; Health Behavior; College Students; Physical Activity Level; Program Effectiveness; Life Style; Student Attitudes; Behavior Change; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Telekommunikationstechnik; Soziale Medien; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Collegestudent; Lebensstil; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Objective: We evaluated the feasibility of a 10-week program combining a smartphone application and theoretically-based, social media-delivered health education intervention to improve college students' health behaviors and outcomes. Participants: Forty-four college students (32 female; [x-bar][subscript age]=21.6 years) in 2015-2016. Methods: Participants were randomized into one of two groups: (1) experimental: used MapMyFitness smartphone application to log and track physical activity (PA) and participated in a Social Cognitive Theory-based, Facebook-delivered health education intervention; (2) comparison: only included in a separate, but content-identical, Facebook intervention. Our primary outcomes pertained to intervention feasibility while our secondary outcomes reflected health behaviors and outcomes. Results: Intervention interest was high, with retention 95.5%. Experimental participants used MapMyFitness 1.71x/week, with both groups implementing the Facebook-delivered health education tips 1-3x/week. We observed a modest sedentary behavior reduction in the experimental group (-29.2-minutes/day). Additionally, both groups demonstrated slight reductions in weight (experimental:-1.2 kg/comparison:-0.6 kg) and body fat percentage (both groups:-0.8%-decrease). Increased PA-related social support and decreased barriers were observed. Conclusions: A low-burden and well-integrated social media-based intervention is feasible and of interest to college students, possibly improving select health behaviors and outcomes. PA-oriented smartphone application offered limited additional benefit. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01