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Exercise monitoring of young adults using a Facebook application

Exercise monitoring of young adults using a Facebook application
Exercise monitoring of young adults using a Facebook application
Facebook, with a record 1.7+ billion monthly active users, is increasinglythe platform of choice for a multitude of e-Health applications. This workpresents our experience in exercise monitoring using a custom-builtFacebook application for activity self-reporting. A group of young adults (n= 49, Age = 24 ± 7, BMI = 22.5 ± 3) took part in a 5-week pilot study,part of the NutriHeAl intervention project. Participants reported their dailyexercise activities for an average of 33±5 days and were also equippedwith Digital Pedometers (Fibit Zips) for the full duration, allowing theevaluation of their activity reporting accuracy by comparing steps x min-1to a “truth ceiling” value for two pre-defined exercise categories (2+ & 3+MET intensity). We found that users not only reported their exerciseconsistently for an extended period of time but also achieved an averageaccuracy score of 71±21% (82± 18% for 2+MET exercises), making thisnovel exercise monitoring methodology a formidable tool for a modernphysician’s digital arsenal. In addition, the developed tools and processescan easily be re-used in other e-Health applications.
Social Media, e-Health, exercise monitoring, physical activity, fitbit zip, facebook app
Pagkalos, Ioannis
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Kokkinopoulou, Anna
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Weal, Mark
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Petrou, Loukas
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Petrou, Loukas
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Hassapidou, Maria
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Pagkalos, Ioannis, Kokkinopoulou, Anna, Weal, Mark, Petrou, Loukas and Hassapidou, Maria (2017) Exercise monitoring of young adults using a Facebook application. Digital Health, 3, [2055207617711286]. (doi:10.1177/2055207617711286).

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Abstract

Facebook, with a record 1.7+ billion monthly active users, is increasinglythe platform of choice for a multitude of e-Health applications. This workpresents our experience in exercise monitoring using a custom-builtFacebook application for activity self-reporting. A group of young adults (n= 49, Age = 24 ± 7, BMI = 22.5 ± 3) took part in a 5-week pilot study,part of the NutriHeAl intervention project. Participants reported their dailyexercise activities for an average of 33±5 days and were also equippedwith Digital Pedometers (Fibit Zips) for the full duration, allowing theevaluation of their activity reporting accuracy by comparing steps x min-1to a “truth ceiling” value for two pre-defined exercise categories (2+ & 3+MET intensity). We found that users not only reported their exerciseconsistently for an extended period of time but also achieved an averageaccuracy score of 71±21% (82± 18% for 2+MET exercises), making thisnovel exercise monitoring methodology a formidable tool for a modernphysician’s digital arsenal. In addition, the developed tools and processescan easily be re-used in other e-Health applications.

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Accepted/In Press date: 25 April 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 May 2017
Published date: 22 May 2017
Keywords: Social Media, e-Health, exercise monitoring, physical activity, fitbit zip, facebook app
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

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Local EPrints ID: 410283
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/410283
PURE UUID: 795f78ea-7bed-480e-959e-6388d6552d9a
ORCID for Mark Weal: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6251-8786

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Date deposited: 06 Jun 2017 04:04
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:45

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Author: Ioannis Pagkalos
Author: Anna Kokkinopoulou
Author: Mark Weal ORCID iD
Author: Loukas Petrou
Author: Maria Hassapidou

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