Effectiveness of App-Based Intervention to Improve Health Status of Sedentary Middle-Aged Males and Females
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Título: | Effectiveness of App-Based Intervention to Improve Health Status of Sedentary Middle-Aged Males and Females |
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Autor/es: | Martínez-Olcina, María | Cuestas-Calero, Bernardo J. | Miralles-Amorós, Laura | Vicente-Martínez, Manuel | Sánchez-Sánchez, Javier |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Espectrometría Atómica Analítica (GEAA) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología |
Palabras clave: | Health | Body composition | Bioelectrical impedance analysis | Personalized nutrition | Mobile app | Weight management | Blood pressure | mHealth |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Química Analítica |
Fecha de publicación: | 11-may-2022 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Cita bibliográfica: | Martínez-Olcina M, Cuestas-Calero BJ, Miralles-Amorós L, Vicente-Martínez M, Sánchez-Sánchez J. Effectiveness of App-Based Intervention to Improve Health Status of Sedentary Middle-Aged Males and Females. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(10):5857. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105857 |
Resumen: | Background: Adherence to a nutritional program and physical activity are the fundamental aspects of treatment for weight loss and associated problems. Previous research has shown that self-monitoring using a mobile device improves self-management. Methods: A total of 35 subjects (40.6 ± 9.24 years) participated in the study. During the control period (3 months), they received physical exercise guidelines and a personalized nutritional program, with the aim of promoting health status. In the experimental period (3 months), there was also a connection between the physical world (health care processes) and the digital world (app). All participants had their body composition and cardiovascular variables measured. They also underwent calcaneal densitometry to determine bone quality. Descriptive statistics, correlations and analysis of variance were performed (by a researcher who was not involved in the data collection) to study the changes between before and after interventions, as well as to make a comparison between treatments. Results: The use of an app, in which there exist a prediction of the evolution, messages of results and advice, among others, mediated by the assistance of dietitians/nutritionists and sports scientists, had a positive impact on the improvement of health parameters, showing significant differences in all variables except troponin. Conclusions: The combination of healthy habits with the use of the app provided benefits, improving health. |
Patrocinador/es: | This research was funded by the project called “CS2—“COR SANO IN CORPORE SANO””, financed by SME R&D Project Program (PIDI-CV) of the Instituto Valenciano de Competitividad Empresarial (IVACE): IMIDTA/2020/85. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/124146 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19105857 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105857 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - GEAA - Artículos de Revistas |
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