The Concurrent Motivational Effect of Activity Tracker and Physical Activity on Cardiovascular Endurance and Quality of Life in Sedentary Adults

Tavakoli, Mohsen; Ebrahim, Khosrow; Namazizadeh, Mehdi; Nikbakht, Hojatollah

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Tavakoli M, Ebrahim K, Namazizadeh M, Nikbakht H. The Concurrent Motivational Effect of Activity Tracker and Physical Activity on Cardiovascular Endurance and Quality of Life in Sedentary Adults. MEJDS 2020; 10 :114-114
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The Concurrent Motivational Effect of Activity Tracker and Physical Activity on Cardiovascular Endurance and Quality of Life in Sedentary Adults

Mohsen Tavakoli¹

, Khosrow Ebrahim ^*²

, Mehdi Namazizadeh³

, Hojatollah Nikbakht⁴

1- Department of Sport Physiology, Faculty of humanities and social sciences, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University
2- Department of Sport Physiology, Faculty of physical education and sport sciences, Shahid Beheshti University
3- Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of physical education and sport sciences, Tehran University
4- Department of Sport Physiology, Faculty of physical education and sport sciences, Kharazmi University

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Background & Objectives: Physical activity plays a crucial role in the biopsychological health of individuals. Moreover, it is considered as the key factor in the promotion and development of humans, especially the elderly. Given that exercise and physical activity significantly increase the ability and prevent diseases, addressing the issue of exercise in the elderly is necessary. To better understand the elderly’s behavior, researchers have examined the motivational aspects related to their decisions for starting and continuing physical activity. Numerous motivations have been investigated in the elderly in terms of physical and sports activities. A motivational tool for physical activity is activity trackers that assess the biological function of the elderly and could motivate the exercise through feedback provided to them. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the concurrent motivational effect of activity tracker and physical activity on cardiovascular endurance and the quality of life in sedentary adults.
Methods: This was a field trial research, based on the purpose of clinical trials and in terms of data collection. The study participants were 45 non-active individuals aged higher than 60 years. They were accommodated at nursing homes in Tehran's 8th district. The International Physical Activity Inventory, Physical Fitness Preparedness Questionnaire, and Exercise Motivations Inventory-2 for selecting subjects were used in this research. The study subjects were assigned to three groups; control, physical activity test group with a tracker, and physical activity test group without a tracker. A Rockport test was used to measure cardiovascular endurance, and the Quality of Life questionnaire was used to assess their life quality levels. For data analysis, the repeated-measures Analysis of Variance was used. Moreover, for comparing the mean values of the study groups, Fisher's post-hoc test was implemented. The significance level of 0.05 was considered, as well.
Results: The current study findings demonstrated a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of cardiovascular endurance and quality of life (cardiovascular endurance: F=434.504, p<0.001, Eta=0.954; quality of life: F=15.826, p<0.001, Eta=0.430).
Conclusion: The obtained data suggested that using the tracker stimulates physical activity in the elderly and improves their quality of life and cardiovascular endurance.

Keywords: Tracker, Physical activity, Cardiovascular endurance, Quality of life, Elderly.

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