scholarly journals Variability in physical inactivity responses of university students during COVID-19 pandemic: A monitoring of daily step counts using a smartphone application

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoji Konda ◽  
Issei Ogasawara ◽  
Kazuki Fujita ◽  
Chisa Aoyama ◽  
Teruki Yokoyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Clustering Analysis ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Daily Step ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Summer Vacation ◽  
Step Counts ◽  
Academic Calendar

This study investigated the changes in physical inactivity of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic, with reference to their academic calendar. We used the daily step counts recorded by a smartphone application (iPhone Health App) from April 2020 to January 2021 (287 days) for 603 students. The data for 287 days were divided into five periods based on their academic calendar. The median value of daily step counts across each period was calculated. A k-means clustering analysis was performed to classify the 603 participants into subgroups to demonstrate the variability in the physical inactivity responses. The median daily step counts, with a 7-day moving average, dramatically decreased from 5,000 to 2,000 steps/day in early April. It remained at a lower level (less than 2,000 steps/day) during the first semester, then increased to more than 5,000 steps/day at the start of summer vacation. The clustering analysis demonstrated the variability in physical inactivity responses. Independent of the academic calendar, many inactive students did not recover their original daily step counts after its dramatic decrement. Consequently, promoting physical activity is recommended for inactive university students over the course of the whole semester.

scholarly journals The Accuracy of Fitness Trackers Varies with Their Location on the Body (P16-019-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Kotler ◽  
Christopher Wu ◽  
Kwame Thompson ◽  
Zachary Jenkins ◽  
Rafay Latif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Activity Monitor ◽  
The Body ◽  
Daily Step ◽  
Activity Monitors ◽  
Step Counts ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Fitness Tracker ◽  
Fitness Trackers

Abstract Objectives Advances in low cost physiologic monitoring devices have led to the possibility of making objective measures of physical activity in clinical practice. In a previous study, total daily step counts measured by a pedometer were lower than those obtained from a smartphone application, while exercise step counts were similar. It is uncertain which is the more accurate value for total daily steps. Most pedometers are worn on the torso while most fitness trackers are worn on the wrist. Overestimation of daily step counts by wrist-worn fitness trackers have been demonstrated by others. Specific aims: To estimate the precision of pedometer step counts measured during a 400 m walk. To compare daily step counts using a pedometer on the torso and fitness trackers worn on the wrist or on the torso. Methods Six subjects wore a pedometer (Omron Alvita HJ327T) and an activity monitor (Letscom Fitness Tracker ID130Plus ColorHR). Each subject wore the pedometer on the torso and two activity monitors for 3 days; both activity monitors on one wrist, one activity monitor on a wrist and the other on the torso (belt), and the reverse positions of the activity monitors. In addition, each subject completed a 400 m walk on two occasions and walked a total of 500 counted steps. Total and 400 m step counts for the pedometer and activity monitor and the test/retest results during the 400 m walk were compared by paired T test and inter-individual variations were compared by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results Pedometer-measured and counted steps differed by 1%. Test/retest pedometer step counts and times to completion for the 400 m walk both differed by 1.4%. Wrist-worn fitness trackers produced higher step counts than did the pedometers (18.6 + 0.18%, P < 0.002). Fitness trackers worn on the torso gave lower step counts than did the pedometer (−9.2 + 0.08%, P < 0.001). The inter-individual differences were not statistically significant for wrist or torso step counts. Conclusions A pedometer worn on the torso is a precise measure of step counts during a 400 m walk and accurate compared to counted steps. Wrist-worn fitness trackers overestimate total daily step counts, at least compared to a pedometer. The location of the fitness tracker on the body greatly influences its estimation of total daily step counts. Funding Sources Discretionary funds.

scholarly journals Daily Step Counts from the First Thailand National Steps Challenge in 2020: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8433
Author(s):  
Thitikorn Topothai ◽  
Rapeepong Suphanchaimat ◽  
Viroj Tangcharoensathien ◽  
Weerasak Putthasri ◽  
Thitiporn Sukaew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Daily Step ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Step Counts

Thailand’s first national steps challenge has been implemented in 2020 with the goal to raise the level of physical activity nationwide by monitoring achievements through a smartphone application. This study examined the daily step counts of participants in the first national steps challenge. Six data points from 186,653 valid participants were retrieved and analyzed in five periods using Poisson regression. The mean daily steps peaked at 3196 in Period 1, and steadily dropped to 1205 in Period 5. The daily steps per period were analyzed using the participants’ characteristics, such as the type of participant, sex, age, body mass index, and area of residence. The overall mean daily steps of the participants meant physical activity was far below the recommended level and tended to drop in later periods. The general population achieved significantly higher mean daily steps than public health officers or village health volunteers (24.0% by multivariate analysis). Participants who were female, younger (<45 years), obese (body mass index > 30), and living in rural areas had fewer mean daily steps (13.8%, 44.3%, 12.7%, and 14.7% by multivariate analysis, respectively), with statistical significance. In the future, the national steps challenge should be continuously implemented by counting all steps throughout a day, using more strategies to draw attention and raise motivation, advocating for more participants, as well as reporting the whole day step counts instead of distance.

A Need Analysis in Academic Writing by Using Integrative-Based Approach: The Perspective of University Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helaluddin Helaluddin
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
University Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Academic Genres ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This article discusses the needs and interests of the university students in Banten Indonesia for learning to write with an integrative approach as an initial stage in the development of academic writing textbooks. The participants in this study were 60 students in the first semester of the 2018/2019 academic year who took an Indonesian language course. It was found that students were familiar with writing activities. But the majority were limited to non-academic genres such as writing poetry, short stories, and writing personal blogs. Also, students have almost the same problems in academic writing, both from linguistic aspects, technical aspects, to issues of developing writing ideas. Another thing that was found in this study was the participation of lecturers who they expected in guiding and providing input during academic writing learning.

scholarly journals How COVID-19 lockdown and reopening affected daily steps: evidence based on 164,630 person-days of prospectively collected data from Shanghai, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ding Ding ◽  
Minna Cheng ◽  
Borja del Pozo Cruz ◽  
Tao Lin ◽  
Shuangyuan Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Linear Mixed Model ◽  
University Education ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Daily Step ◽  
Step Counts ◽  
Reduced Physical Activity

Abstract Background COVID-19 lockdowns may lead to physical inactivity, a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases. This study aims to determine: 1) the trajectory in daily step counts before, during and after the lockdown in China, and 2) the characteristics associated with the trajectories. Methods From December 2019 to July 2020, smartphone-based step counts were continuously collected in 815 Chinese adults residing in Shanghai over 202 days across three phases: before, during, and after the lockdown. Participant characteristics were reported, and height, weight and body composition measured before the lockdown. A ‘sharp’ regression discontinuity design with cluster robust standard errors was used to test the effect of the lockdown and reopening on daily steps and a linear mixed model was used to examine the characteristics associated with trajectories during the observed period. Results Based on 164,630 person-days of data, we found a sharp decline in daily step counts upon the lockdown (24/01/2020) by an average of 3796 (SE = 88) steps, followed by a significant trend of increase by 34 steps/day (SE = 2.5; p < .001) until the end of the lockdown (22/03/2020). This increasing trend continued into the reopening phase at a slower rate of 5 steps per day (SE = 2.3; p = 0.029). Those who were older, married, university educated, insufficiently active, had an ‘at risk’ body composition, and those in the control group, were slower at recovering step counts during the lockdown, and those who were older, married, without university education and with an ‘at risk’ body composition recovered step counts at a slower pace after the reopening. Conclusions Despite later increases in step counts, COVID-19 lockdown led to a sustained period of reduced physical activity, which may have adverse health implications. Governments and health professionals around the world should continue to encourage and facilitate physical activity during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Feasibility of using pedometers to measure daily step counts in cystic fibrosis and an assessment of its responsiveness to changes in health state

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley S. Quon ◽  
Donald L. Patrick ◽  
Todd C. Edwards ◽  
Moira L. Aitken ◽  
Ronald L. Gibson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Health State ◽  
Daily Step ◽  
Step Counts

Prediction of VO2max with daily step counts for Japanese adult women

2008 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen-Bo Cao ◽  
Nobuyuki Miyatake ◽  
Mitsuru Higuchi ◽  
Kazuko Ishikawa-Takata ◽  
Motohiko Miyachi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Women ◽  
Daily Step ◽  
Japanese Adult ◽  
Step Counts

scholarly journals University Students’ Learning Disruption and Affordance in a Contested Learning Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Siti Nur'Aini
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Social

This study investigates how university students engage with their learning affordances in a contested environment due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This qualitative research employed a case study approach involving 136 participants. Data analysis was conducted using qualitative analysis as a circular process to describe, classify, and perceive the phenomenon and how the learning, affordances, and society were interconnected. The main framework of the research was the theory of affordance and how it was available for university students in their learning environment that changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected in the first semester of 2020 through an online survey on Google form. The findings indicate the importance of the social environment to provide affordance for the students to adjust with them. Four kinds of affordances emerged from the study; internet affordance, assignment affordance, domestic affordance, and distance learning affordance. The role of the social environment is definitive in changing how students manage their affordances.

scholarly journals The role of new media in developing political awareness among Omani university youth: Ash Sharqiyah University in the Sultanate of Oman as a model: دور الإعلام الجديد في تنمية الوعي السياسي لدى الشباب الجامعي العماني: جامعة الشرقية بسلطنة عمان أنموذجاً

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Said Sulaiyam Almatari, Juma Marzouq Amer Alowaicy, Abdu
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
First Semester ◽  
School Year ◽  
College Type

The study aims to identify the role of the new media in developing political awareness among Omani university Students. The study sample consisted of (91) students from Ash Sharqiyah University in the Sultanate of Oman in the first semester of the academic year 2018- 2019. This study is part of a descriptive research that relies on the survey methodology. Mentioning below the most important results of the study: One of the most sites that students prefer using is Facebook with (76.92%). The presence of moderate cognitive, emotional and behavioral effects achieved by the Omani university students as a result of their reliance on new media sites to follow up on political issues. The Omani university students do not have more than one account on social media sites (62.6%). There is an intermediate level of motivation by the Omani university students for new media sites. There are reasons for Omani university students to rely on new media sites to pursue political issues at an average degree. There are statistically significant differences at the level of (less than 0.05) in the field of incitements of use of new media sites due to the gender variable in favor of females. There are no statistically significant differences at a level (less than 0.05) in the motives using new media in general or for political reasons and the reasons why Omani university student relying on new media sites according to the variable of the school year and the college type. The study recommends that university students should be careful in publishing in new media sites and educational sessions and seminars should be held by the competent authorities to educate young people about how to use the security of new media sites.

scholarly journals Physical Inactivity among University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annurizal Anuar ◽  
Nor Zaihan Mat Hasan @ Hussin ◽  
Siti Noorsuriani Maon ◽  
Naffisah Mohd Hassan ◽  
Mohd Zulkifli Abdullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Physical Inactivity
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