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Conference Paper: Using pedometer to enhance daily physical activity among university students
| Title | Using pedometer to enhance daily physical activity among university students |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2015 |
| Publisher | Hong Kong Institute of Education. |
| Citation | e-health Promotion @ HKIEd Mini Conference, Hong Kong, 5 January 2015 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Background and aim: This project engaged undergraduate students in an experiential learning activity – pedometer-enhanced physical activity intervention – and encouraged them to be health educators to influence their peers to exercise daily. Methods: Twenty-two students wore a pedometer to register their daily physical activity over a week. The mean pedometer counts obtained in Day 1 and Day 7 were compared using paired t test. Results: There was a general trend of improvement from Day 1 to Day 7. The mean pedometer count increased by 29.7% at Day 7 when compared to Day 1 (p = 0.003). Conclusions: Our results hint that using pedometer might be a viable method to enhance daily physical activity among university students. In addition, participants were eager to introduce this intervention to their peers. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/228282 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Fong, SSM | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Ma, AWW | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-05T08:16:27Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-05T08:16:27Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | e-health Promotion @ HKIEd Mini Conference, Hong Kong, 5 January 2015 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/228282 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Background and aim: This project engaged undergraduate students in an experiential learning activity – pedometer-enhanced physical activity intervention – and encouraged them to be health educators to influence their peers to exercise daily. Methods: Twenty-two students wore a pedometer to register their daily physical activity over a week. The mean pedometer counts obtained in Day 1 and Day 7 were compared using paired t test. Results: There was a general trend of improvement from Day 1 to Day 7. The mean pedometer count increased by 29.7% at Day 7 when compared to Day 1 (p = 0.003). Conclusions: Our results hint that using pedometer might be a viable method to enhance daily physical activity among university students. In addition, participants were eager to introduce this intervention to their peers. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | Hong Kong Institute of Education. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | e-health Promotion @ HKIEd Mini Conference | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Mini-Conference of e-Health Promotion@HKIEd | - |
| dc.title | Using pedometer to enhance daily physical activity among university students | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Fong, SSM: smfong@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Fong, SSM=rp01759 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 243752 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |