Perceived barriers to physical activity during the 2nd lockdown in a northeastern state of Brazil

Souza, Evanice Avelino de; Alves, Felipe Rocha; Façanha, Josana Nunes; Torres, Michele Gonçalves Romcy

doi:10.1007/s11332-021-00827-7

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“…In [ 28 ], a Germany base case study for an active lifestyle is presented, and the benefits of physical activity are revealed. In [ 29 ], the lockdown impacts on physical activity in Brazil are demonstrated during the COVID-19 outbreak. In [ 30 ], the role of physical activity is discussed in context with diabetes, obesity, and ability to do work.…”

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Retrospection of Analytical Data Collected through Smart Devices for Diseases and Disability Caused by Physical Inactivity

Wang

2021

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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The basic meaning of inactive lifestyle is doing sedentary activities. This includes playing video games, watching TV, operating computers, and sitting in a particular place for a long time. It may be sitting on the train or in bus, car, or office. This has many adverse effects on our bodies. This paper emphasizes the importance of physical activity, and a case study is presented to support the hypothesis that physical activity can certainly help improve human health. The diseases caused by inactive life are discussed in our paper. In this paper, a case study is described in which 200 individuals have participated in an activity called “Activity is Life,” with the goal of improving the sedentary lifestyle and getting rid of physical ailments. The usage of analytical tools is made to analyse the data collected from the empirical research study, and IoT-based smart devices are used to capture the runtime data. The physicians and nurses have odd working hours, they have to go through many stress-induced situations, and most of them are suffering from life-threatening diseases such as depression, hypertension, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases. The main reason is inactivity in their lifestyles. To carry out an experimental study and to see the impact of regular activities on the health of doctors and nurses, a program was designed where 200 participants have participated. It is found that the activity-based 30-day program yielded great health benefits, including reduction in stress level, improvement in sleep quality index, and improvement in blood pressure values.

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“…It is related to the bones and their weakness. It is considered a silent disease, and the main reason is the inactive lifestyle [ 29 ]. Thus, we must eat healthy food and do exercise and keep our bodies active.…”

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Retrospection of Analytical Data Collected through Smart Devices for Diseases and Disability Caused by Physical Inactivity

Wang

2021

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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Effect of a smartphone-based physical intervention on depression, fitness factors and movement characteristics in adults

Kim,

O’Sullivan

2024

BMC Public Health

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Background Physical activity has been shown to correlate with mental health and a reduction in symptoms of depression. However, the majority of research has focused only on the effects of either aerobic or nonaerobic exercise on depressive symptoms, while the use of novel technological innovations such as mobile phone-based activity programs and their effects on movement characteristics are underrepresented. This study had two objectives: (1) to investigate how effectively 4 weeks of mobile phone-based physical activity can affect depressive scores (CES-10-D and PHQ) and fitness levels and (2) to investigate the whether 4 weeks of mobile phone-based physical activity affected participants’ movement characteristics. Methods A total of 31 participants were included and divided into an exercise group (n = 21) and a control group (n = 10). The exercise group was instructed to use a mobile phone-based exercise program 5 times per week for 4 weeks. Pre- and post-exercise, the participants’ depression score (CES-10-D, PHQ9), fitness level (YMCA, grip strength) and movement characteristics (postural sway, movement ROM, movement speeds, etc.) for three Azure Kinect physical activity games based on different fitness factors (balance game, cardiovascular game, reaction game) were measured. Results Mixed model ANOVA revealed significant differences between pre- and post-intervention depression scores on the PHQ9 (P = .001) and CES-10-D (P < .001) in both the exercise group and the control group, but not between groups. In terms of movement characteristics, there was an increase in body sway (P = .045) and vertical head movement (P = .02) in the cardiovascular game jogging condition for the exercise group. In the reaction game, the exercise group showed a significant reduction in the number of mistakes (P = .03). There were no other significant differences for the other variables. Conclusion The results revealed no differences in the reduction in depression scores between the exercise group and the control group. However, this study showed that a mobile phone-based physical activity intervention affects in-game movement characteristics such as body sway and vertical head movement and therefore may show the potential of using activity-promoting mobile games for improving movement.

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Mobile game based physical activity game for improving depression score and fitness factors: a 4-week intervention (Preprint)

OSullivan,

Kim,

Prock

2023

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BACKGROUND Physical activity has been shown to correlate with mental health and reduce symptoms of depression. However, the majority of research only focuses on the effects of either aerobic or non-aerobic exercise while novel technological innovations like mobile phone based activity programs and their effects are underrepresented. Additionally, for exercise prescription to be more effective in improving cognition and emotion it is important to know more about how the exercise affects our movement patterns and characteristics. OBJECTIVE The study had two objectives: (1) to examine how a mobile phone-based exercise program can affect depression score, and (2) to investigate the effect on participants’ fitness level and their in-game movement characteristics. METHODS A total of 31 participants were included and divided into an exercise (n=21) and control group (n=10). The exercise group was instructed to use a mobile phone-based exercise program 5 times per week for 4 weeks. Pre and post exercise the participant’s depression score (CES-10-D, PHQ9), fitness level (YMCA, grip strength) and in-game kinematics (postural sway, movement ROM, movement speeds, etc.) for three Azure Kinect physical activity games based on different fitness factors (balance game, cardiovascular game, reaction game) were measured. RESULTS Repeated measures ANOVA showed significant differences between pre and post for the depression scores PHQ9 and CES-10-D for both exercise and control group. For the in-game kinematics, there were significant interactions between the treatment according to time, with an increase in body sway and vertical head movement in the cardiovascular game during jogging for the group that participated in the exercise. Additionally, the participants in the exercise group showed a reduced number of mistakes in the reaction game. There were no other significant differences for the other variables. CONCLUSIONS The data suggests that a 20 minute mobile-phone based intervention can reduce depression score and it affects in-game movement characteristics (body sway, vertical head movement, attentional focus) and is therefore a promising option in complementary treatment for depressive disorders. CLINICALTRIAL IRB number HYUIRB-202203-010-1

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Perceived barriers to physical activity during the 2nd lockdown in a northeastern state of Brazil

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References 56 publications

Retrospection of Analytical Data Collected through Smart Devices for Diseases and Disability Caused by Physical Inactivity

Retrospection of Analytical Data Collected through Smart Devices for Diseases and Disability Caused by Physical Inactivity

Effect of a smartphone-based physical intervention on depression, fitness factors and movement characteristics in adults

Mobile game based physical activity game for improving depression score and fitness factors: a 4-week intervention (Preprint)

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