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dc.contributor.authorNg, Kwok
dc.contributor.authorTynjälä, Jorma
dc.contributor.authorKokko, Sami
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-08T10:27:53Z
dc.date.available2017-05-08T10:27:53Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationNg, K., Tynjälä, J., & Kokko, S. (2017). Ownership and use of commercial physical activity trackers among Finnish adolescents : Cross-sectional study. <i>JMIR mHealth uHealth</i>, <i>5</i>(5), Article e61. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.6940" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.6940</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_26923968
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_73352
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/53827
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mobile phone apps for monitoring and promoting physical activity (PA) are extremely popular among adults. Devices, such as heart rate monitors or sports watches (HRMs/SWs) that work with these apps are at sufficiently low costs to be available through the commercial markets. Studies have reported an increase in PA levels among adults with devices; however, it is unknown whether the phenomena are similar during early adolescence. At a time when adolescents start to develop their own sense of independence and build friendship, the ease of smartphone availability in developed countries needs to be investigated in important health promoting behaviors such as PA. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the ownership and usage of PA trackers (apps and HRM/SW) among adolescents in a national representative sample and to examine the association between use of devices and PA levels. Methods: The Finnish school-aged physical activity (SPA) study consisted of 4575 adolescents, aged 11-, 13-, and 15-years, who took part in a web-based questionnaire during school time about PA behaviors between April and May 2016. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to test the associations between moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and devices, after controlling for gender, age, disability, and family affluence. Results: PA tracking devices have been categorized into two types, which are accessible to adolescents: (1) apps and (2) HRM/SW. Half the adolescents (2351/4467; 52.63%) own apps for monitoring PA, yet 16.12% (720/4467) report using apps. Fewer adolescents (782/4413; 17.72%) own HRM/SW and 9.25% (408/4413) use HRM/SW. In this study, users of HRM/SW were 2.09 times (95% CI 1.64-2.67), whereas users of apps were 1.4 times (95% CI 1.15-1.74) more likely to meet PA recommendations of daily MVPA for at least 60 min compared with adolescents without HRM/SW or without apps. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first study that describes the situation in Finland with adolescents using PA trackers and its association with PA levels. Implications of the use of apps and HRM/SW by adolescents are discussed.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJMIR Publications Inc.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJMIR mHealth uHealth
dc.subject.othermittaaminen
dc.subject.othersocial determinants of health
dc.subject.othermobile phones
dc.subject.otherdisabled children
dc.subject.otherphysical activity
dc.subject.otherphysical activity trackers
dc.subject.othermobile phone apps
dc.subject.otheradolescents
dc.subject.otherFinland
dc.titleOwnership and use of commercial physical activity trackers among Finnish adolescents : Cross-sectional study
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201705052200
dc.contributor.laitosLiikuntatieteellinen tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.laitosFaculty of Sport and Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.oppiaineLiikuntapsykologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineTerveyskasvatusfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineSport and Exercise Psychologyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineHealth Promotion and Health Educationen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2017-05-05T06:15:03Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn2291-5222
dc.relation.numberinseries5
dc.relation.volume5
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2017 the Authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.subject.ysofyysinen aktiivisuus
dc.subject.ysomobiilisovellukset
dc.subject.ysoterveyden edistäminen
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p23102
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p27414
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p12732
dc.rights.urlhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
dc.relation.doi10.2196/mhealth.6940
dc.type.okmA1


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