Mobile App to Reduce Inactivity in Sedentary Overweight Women

Joseph Finkelstein; McKenzie Bedra; Xuan Li; Jeffrey Wood; Pamela Ouyang

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-89

Mobile App to Reduce Inactivity in Sedentary Overweight Women

Joseph Finkelstein, McKenzie Bedra, Xuan Li, Jeffrey Wood, Pamela Ouyang

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Recent studies demonstrated that the duration of inactivity (sedentary state) is independently associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Our goal was to develop the technology that can measure the amount of inactivity in real time, remind a person that a preprogrammed period of inactivity has occurred and encourage a period of activity, and provide web-based feedback with tailored information to the participant and investigators. Once it was developed, we carried out a pilot study in a group of sedentary overweight women. The objective of the study was to assess potential of the mobile app to reduce inactivity in our target population. A randomized crossover design was employed with study subjects randomly assigned to a 4-week each 'message-on' and 'message-off' periods. Out of 30 enrolled subjects, 27 completed the study. The average age of particpants was 52±12; BMI: 37±6; 47% were white and 47% were African American. Overall, inactivity was significantly lower (p<0.02) during 'message-on' periods (24.6%) as compared to the 'message-off' periods (30.4%). We conluded that mobile app monitoring inactivity and providing a real-time notification when inactivity period exceeds healthy limits was able to significantly reduce inactivity periods in overweight sedentary women.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	MEDINFO 2015
Subtitle of host publication	eHealth-Enabled Health - Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics
Editors	Andrew Georgiou, Indra Neil Sarkar, Paulo Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	89-92
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781614995630
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-89
State	Published - Jan 1 2015
Event	15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, MEDINFO 2015 - Sao Paulo, Brazil Duration: Aug 19 2015 → Aug 23 2015

Publication series

Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	216
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

Other

Other	15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, MEDINFO 2015
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Sao Paulo
Period	8/19/15 → 8/23/15

Keywords

Inactivity
eHealth
mobile app
telemonitoring

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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Finkelstein, J., Bedra, M., Li, X., Wood, J., & Ouyang, P. (2015). Mobile App to Reduce Inactivity in Sedentary Overweight Women. In A. Georgiou, I. N. Sarkar, & P. M. de Azevedo Marques (Eds.), MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-Enabled Health - Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics (pp. 89-92). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 216). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-89

Mobile App to Reduce Inactivity in Sedentary Overweight Women. / Finkelstein, Joseph; Bedra, McKenzie; Li, Xuan et al.
MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-Enabled Health - Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics. ed. / Andrew Georgiou; Indra Neil Sarkar; Paulo Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques. IOS Press, 2015. p. 89-92 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 216).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Finkelstein, J, Bedra, M, Li, X, Wood, J & Ouyang, P 2015, Mobile App to Reduce Inactivity in Sedentary Overweight Women. in A Georgiou, IN Sarkar & PM de Azevedo Marques (eds), MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-Enabled Health - Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 216, IOS Press, pp. 89-92, 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, MEDINFO 2015, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 8/19/15. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-89

Finkelstein J, Bedra M, Li X, Wood J, Ouyang P. Mobile App to Reduce Inactivity in Sedentary Overweight Women. In Georgiou A, Sarkar IN, de Azevedo Marques PM, editors, MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-Enabled Health - Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics. IOS Press. 2015. p. 89-92. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-89

Finkelstein, Joseph ; Bedra, McKenzie ; Li, Xuan et al. / Mobile App to Reduce Inactivity in Sedentary Overweight Women. MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-Enabled Health - Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics. editor / Andrew Georgiou ; Indra Neil Sarkar ; Paulo Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques. IOS Press, 2015. pp. 89-92 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics).

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