Publication: The effect of a physical activity program using whatsApp on adolescents' exercise behavior
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2022-11-01
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This study aims to demonstrate the effect of a transtheoretical model (TTM)-based physical activity program on the exercise behavior of adolescents using WhatsApp. The study was conducted with high school students (N = 185) in a pre-/posttest, quasi-experimental design. TTM-based text messages were sent to the intervention group (n = 95) over WhatsApp every day for 8 weeks. The intervention group demonstrated more statistically significant progression in the exercising stages of change compared to the control group (n = 90) (chi(2) = 20.10; p = .00). It was also found that this group had a higher exercising self-efficacy score (t = 2.647; p = .009) and a higher physical activity total metabolic equivalent of task score (Z = -3.521; p = .000). There was no significant difference in BMI and perception of pros and cons (p > .05). The program was found to be effective in terms of recording progress in the exercising stages of change, increasing exercising self-efficacy, and maintaining a physical activity program.
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Tıp, Hemşirelik, Sağlık Bilimleri, Medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences, HEMŞİRELİK, Klinik Tıp, Klinik Tıp (MED), NURSING, CLINICAL MEDICINE, Clinical Medicine (MED), Farmakoloji (hemşirelik), Onkoloji (hemşirelik), Asistan Hemşirelik, Tıbbi ve Cerrahi Hemşirelik, Annelik ve Ebelik, LPN ve LVN, Acil Tıp Hemşireliği, Yoğun Bakım Hemşireliği, İleri ve Uzman Hemşirelik, Hemşirelik (çeşitli), Genel Hemşirelik, Pharmacology (nursing), Oncology (nursing), Nurse Assisting, Medical and Surgical Nursing, Maternity and Midwifery, LPN and LVN, Emergency Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Advanced and Specialized Nursing, Nursing (miscellaneous), General Nursing, physical activity, adolescent, transtheoretical model, WhatsApp, exercising, TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL, SELF-EFFICACY, INTERVENTION, CHILDREN
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Ceylan F., EROL S., "The Effect of a Physical Activity Program Using WhatsApp on Adolescents' Exercise Behavior", JOURNAL OF SCHOOL NURSING, 2022