An Internet-based survey of the dance fitness program OULA

Background: OULA is a high-energy dance workout to top 40 hits that is inspired by yoga and non-impact aerobics. Created in Missoula, Montana, the program has been gaining national and international popularity. To understand the demographic composition, reasons for attending OULA, and experiences with depression/anxiety, we conducted an Internet-based survey. Methods: A pilot descriptive cross-sectional Internet-based survey was created in Qualtrics and distributed through social media and flyers. Results: The 38-item survey received responses from 302 participants. Current OULA participants chose “exercise” as the primary reason for attending (40.2%, 95% confidence interval: 33.3–48.2), followed by “stress relief/improve mood” (28.8%, 95% confidence interval: 23.0–35.6). Participants listed “stress relief/improve mood” as the most common secondary (35.6%, 95% confidence interval: 29.0–43.2) and tertiary (38.6%, 95% confidence interval: 31.7–46.7) reason for attending OULA. A majority of the participants said that OULA makes them feel like part of a community (93.2%, 95% confidence interval: 82.5–105.1) and increases their energy outside of class (80.1%, 95% confidence interval: 70.2–91.1). In our sample, 12.5% (95% confidence interval: 8.8–17.1) and 9.0% (95% confidence interval: 5.9–12.9) were currently taking antidepressants and anxiolytics, respectively. Conclusion: These results suggest that current OULA participants are already using the program to relieve stress or improve mood. Further research should be conducted to understand the relationship between OULA and depression/anxiety.

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Association between Social Media Use for Health Purpose and Depressive Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Survey (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.25007 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Hee Yun Lee ◽

Yan Luo ◽

Cho Rong Won ◽

Jiyoung Lee ◽

Jeongwon Baik

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Inverse Relationship ◽

Age Groups ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

The Relationship ◽

Health Purpose

BACKGROUND The use of social media or social networking sites (SNS) is increasing across all age groups, and one of the primary motives of using SNS is to seek health-related information. Although previous research examining the effect of SNS use on depression exist, studies regarding the effect of SNS use for health purpose on depression is limited. OBJECTIVE Our study aims to explore the relationship between SNS use for health purpose and depression across the four age groups (18-34 years old, 35-49 years old, 50-64 years old, and above 65 years old). METHODS A sample of 6,789 adults aged 18 and older was extracted from a 2017 and 2018 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Univariate and bivariate analyses to examine the association between each variable and four age groups were conducted. Multiple linear regression analyses to predict depression level among participants with use of SNS for health purpose were conducted. RESULTS SNS use for health purpose and depression were positively associated for three age groups but not for those 65 years or older (=0.13, P<0.05; =0.08, P<0.05; =0.09, P<0.05). Income and self-reported health status indicated an inverse relationship for all age groups. The relationship with marital status differed based on age group with 18 and 34 years old showing an inverse relationship (=-0.13, P<0.01) while 65 years or older showing a positive relationship (=0.06, P<0.05). Gender was positively associated among those in the 35-49 years old (=0.09, P<0.05) and 65 years or older (=0.07, P<0.05). Being Non-Hispanic White was positively associated with depression among 50-64 years old (=0.07, P<0.001) and 65 years or older (=0.08, P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Age-tailored education on determining accurate and reliable information shared via SNS is needed to reduce depressive symptoms.

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The relationship between social media use, eating attitude and body mass index among nutrition and dietetic female students: A cross-sectional study

Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética ◽

10.14306/renhyd.25.1.1094 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 78-86

Author(s):

Fatma Esra Güneş ◽

Şule Aktaç ◽

Dicle Kargin

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Female Students ◽

Eating Attitude ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Abnormal Eating Attitudes ◽

Abnormal Eating ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between media using habits, frequency and duration, and body mass index on eating attitudes. Material and methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted with female students who received nutrition and dietetics education in Istanbul. A questionnaire consisting of a socio-demographic questionnaire, Eating Attitude Test (EAT-40), and Social Media Attitude Scale was applied to 1248 female volunteers by the face-to-face interview method.Results: It was found that 35.7% of the participants had abnormal eating attitudes and 89.6% showed a positive attitude towards social media. 93.7% of the group with abnormal eating attitudes indicated a positive attitude towards social media, 0.4% had a negative attitude and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.001). It was observed that a significant difference between EAT-40 and thought of an eating problem, having a social media membership, and spending time on social media (p<0.05).Conclusions: Social media have an effect on nutrition dietetics students on abnormal eating attitude; it did not show a significant effect on BMI.

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The Relationship Between eHealth Literacy, Social Media Self-Efficacy and Health Communication Intention Among Chinese Nursing Undergraduates: A Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.35985 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Huiping Sun ◽

Lin Qian ◽

Mengxin Xue ◽

Ting Zhou ◽

Jiling Qu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Health Communication ◽

Health Information ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Ehealth Literacy ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

BACKGROUND With the popularization of the Internet, it has become possible to widely disseminate health information via social media. Medical staff’s health communication through social media can improve the public’s health literacy, and improving the intention of health communication among nursing undergraduates is of great significance for them to actively carry out health communication after entering clinical practice. OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship among eHealth literacy, social media self-efficacy, and health communication intention and to determine the mediating role of social media self-efficacy in the relationship between eHealth literacy and health communication intention. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive correlation design was used in this study.Stratified cluster sampling was used to select 958 nursing students from four nursing colleges in Jiangsu Province, China, from June to July 2021.Data were collected using the eHealth Literacy Scale, the Social Media Self-efficacy Scale, and the Health Communication Intention Questionnaire. Sociodemographic data were also collected. Correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to determine the relationship between eHealth literacy, social media self-efficacy, and health communication intention. RESULTS Health communication intention is positively correlated with eHealth literacy and social media self-efficacy. eHealth literacy directly affects the intention of health communication significantly (p < 0.001), and social media self-efficacy played a mediating role in the influence of eHealth literacy on health communication intention (the mediating effect accounted for 37.2% of the total effect). CONCLUSIONS Improving the eHealth literacy of nursing undergraduates can directly affect or promote health communication intention and can also indirectly improve health communication intention through improving social media self-efficacy. In view of these results, targeted educational programs must be developed to improve eHealth literacy and social media self-efficacy among nursing undergraduates, thereby promoting their health information transmission.

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The Influence of Customers Social Media Brand Community Engagement on Restaurants Visit Intentions

International Journal of Customer Relationship Marketing and Management ◽

10.4018/ijcrmm.2019100101 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Muhammed Alnsour ◽

Hadeel Rakan Al Faour

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Behavioral Control ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Perceived Behavioral Control ◽

Marketing Communication ◽

Brand Community ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Social Media Networks ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this article is to study the relationships between brand community engagement of customers on social media networks and customer behavioral intentions with regard to visiting restaurants where the theory of planned behavior was applied. A conclusive-descriptive, cross-sectional research design was selected in order to determine the degree to which Brand Community Engagement, Attitude (ATT), Subjective Norms (SN), Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC), Restaurant's Visit Intentions (INT) and Visit Behavior (B) are interrelated and associated. The results indicated that BCE does affect customers attitude towards dining out and visiting restaurants and that SN cannot moderate the strong relationship between ATT and intention. In addition, customer intention can weakly predict their behavior of visiting restaurants. The results of this study suggest that management of restaurants should pay attention to their marketing communication strategies through social media restaurant's communities and should focus on how to increase the engagement levels of customers beside understanding and may be changing their attitudes towards experiences in restaurants. This study examined the relationship between Restaurants Brand Community Engagement on social media and customer intentions to dine out and visit restaurants.

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Incidental news exposure via social media and political participation: Evidence of reciprocal effects

New Media & Society ◽

10.1177/1461444820962121 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 146144482096212

Author(s):

Sangwon Lee ◽

Michael Xenos

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Political Participation ◽

Causal Model ◽

Data Sets ◽

Reciprocal Effects ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Causal Direction ◽

Path Models ◽

The Relationship ◽

Reverse Path

The aim of this study is to investigate the causal direction of the relationship between incidental news exposure via social media and political participation. Unlike prior studies, which have relied on cross-sectional data to examine this link, we used two panel data sets to better identify causal relationships. Specifically, we evaluate two unidirectional models (i.e. mobilization and reinforcement) and a reciprocal causal model using both cross-lagged and autoregressive path models. The findings reveal a more complex relationship than most previous studies have suggested. The relationship between incidental news exposure via social media and political participation appears to be reciprocal, with incidental news exposure and political participation indirectly influencing each other through social media use for political purposes. Furthermore, while the relationship between incidental news exposure and political participation is reciprocal, the participation-to-incidental news exposure path exerted a stronger effect than the reverse path in both studies.

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Characteristics of high and low energy reporting teenagers and their relationship to low energy reporting mothers

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980008002590 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 188-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Karin Vågstrand ◽

Anna Karin Lindroos ◽

Yvonne Linné

Keyword(s):

Family Income ◽

Working Hours ◽

High Energy ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Low Energy ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Eating Pattern ◽

Activity Groups ◽

The Relationship ◽

Activity Questionnaire

AbstractObjectiveTo describe the differences in socio-economic characteristics and body measurements between low, adequate and high energy reporting (LER, AER and HER) teenagers; furthermore, to investigate the relationship to misreporting mothers.DesignCross-sectional study. Habitual dietary intake was reported in a questionnaire. Classification into LER, AER and HER using the Goldberg equation within three activity groups based on physical activity questionnaire and calculated BMR.SettingStockholm, Sweden.SubjectsFour hundred and forty-one 16–17-year-old teenagers (57 % girls) and their mothers.ResultOf the teenagers, 17–19 % were classified as HER, while 13–16 % as LER. There was a highly significant trend from HER to LER in BMI (P < 0·001) and body fat % (P < 0·001). There was also a trend in number of working hours of mother (P = 0·01), family income (P = 0·008) and number of siblings (among boys only) (P = 0·02), but not in educational level of either father or mother. HER teenagers were lean, had mothers working fewer hours with lower income and had siblings. It was more likely that an LER girl had an LER mother than an AER mother (OR = 3·32; P = 0·002).ConclusionsThe reasons for the high number of over-reporters could be many: misclassification due to growth, lacking established eating pattern due to young age or method-specific. Nevertheless, the inverted characteristic of HER compared to LER indicates that this is a specific group, worth further investigation.

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The Impact of using social media in a sample of Iraqi medical students in 2019

Baghdad Medical Journal Of Students ◽

10.48046/bmjos.v1i1.16 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ali Almawashee ◽

Qaswer Yousif ◽

Karrar Ali Idan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Medical Students ◽

Online Survey ◽

Educational Values ◽

Research Committee ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Mean ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background: Social media are tools that supports electronic conversation. suggested , social media are “a group of internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, that allow the creation and exchange of User Generated Content. Aim of the study: Is to identify the pattern of usage of social media among a sample of Iraqi medical students including the devices used, the time consumed, and the purpose of usage. Materials &Methods: The study, which is a retrospective cross-sectional, was conducted among medical students at college of Medicine\Baghdad University at 2019 as an online survey for duration of 3 months Data was entered and analyzed using spss version 24.Informed consent was obtained from the participants and the study was approved by the research committee in the college. Results The mean age of the participants in this study was 20.8 with sd 1.78. Results had shown no significant association between the usefulness of social media for educational values and type of social media, device used, and the time spent on these media. Results had shown that those who use social media more frequently were not significantly worried about the potential of social media abuse. Conclusions A study exploring more objectively the relationship between students’ use of social media with their academic achievements and what sort of social media interventions associated with better learning are probably needed. Such knowledge may be useful to guide medical educators to better utilize social media in their instructional strategies.

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Exposure to Social Media Advertisements and Youth's Response

Global Regional Review ◽

10.31703/grr.2020(v-iii).16 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol V (III) ◽

pp. 144-150

Author(s):

Ashraf Iqbal ◽

Tanveer Hussain ◽

Rashid Aslam

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Primary Data ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Major Purpose ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Purchasing Behaviour ◽

Social Media Advertising ◽

The Relationship ◽

The City

The major purpose of this study is to examine the effects of social media advertising on the purchase behaviour of young university students. The study employed an exploratory research design and cross-sectional survey technique. On the basis of a comprehensive literature review, research hypotheses were formulated to investigate the relationship between study variables. The primary data were collected using questionnaires from students of public sector universities operating in the city of Faisalabad, Pakistan. Non-probability and convenience sampling were adopted in the selection of target respondents, which were 283 students, both day-scholars and boarding students. The findings reveal that social media advertising affects the purchasing behaviour of social media users. The recommendations of the study are that the companies should concentrate more on promotional activities using social networks as this is more effective, less costly and accessible to a large number of target audiences.

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The Relationship between Sex Education and Sexual Behaviour in Adolescents

Mutiara Medika Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan ◽

10.18196/mmjkk.v21i2.11744 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 110-116

Author(s):

Nofi Susanti ◽

Reinpal Falefi ◽

Tri Bayu Purnama

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Sexual Behavior ◽

Sex Education ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Bivariate Analysis ◽

Limited Information ◽

Adolescent Sexual Behavior ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Relationship

Adolescent sexual behavior remains a global problem with high reports of cases of adolescents behaving freely. The lack of knowledge about sexuality is caused by limited information, services, and advocacy. There has not been a reproductive health curriculum for adolescents in schools. Therefore, this study aims to determine the relationship between sex education and sexual behavior in adolescents. This research is a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. The sampling was taken using a total sampling technique. The sample included all students of class X and XI, with a total of 102 people. The research instrument used a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using chi-square and multiple logistic regression. Bivariate analysis results showed that there was a relationship between sex education by parents, teachers, peers, and social media and sexual behavior. The results of multivariate analysis with logistic regression tests showed that sex education provided by parents was the most substantial relationship with sexual behavior. The study concluded that parents, teachers, and social media were associated with sex education. Extensive sex education from other trusted information could reduce pre-marital sexual activity among adolescents. Elaborating on external factors would implicate a good attitude and behavior in students.

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