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Children (Basel) ; 9(12)2022 Dec 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36553440

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Active commuting to and/or from school (ACS) is an opportunity to increase daily physical activity (PA) levels in young people. Mobile-device interventions focused on promoting the practice of health-related PA can be more cost-effective than traditional interventions in this population. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the adolescents' opinion of the mobile application (app) Mystic School, which was designed to promote ACS in Spanish adolescents. METHODS: A total of 44 students (14-15 years old) from Granada and Jaén participated in the test of the Mystic School app during two phases: phase 1 (n = 10) for 2 weeks and phase 2 (n = 34) for 1 month. Each phase included an app presentation, a follow-up, and focus group sessions. The qualitative analysis was carried out through NVivo software. RESULTS: In phase 1, adolescents reported improvements in the design and functioning, such as the avatar movement, virtual steps utilities, and multiplayer function. These suggestions were included in phase 2. After phase 2, adolescents reported that it is important to add the possibility of playing without an Internet connection to the game, to include more competitive options, prizes, and to increase the difficulty of the levels. In both phases, problems with the step number counting remained. CONCLUSION: The Mystic School app can be a useful tool for the physical education teacher to integrate the content from this curriculum related to the promotion of PA, such as ACS.

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Nutr Hosp ; 34(4): 942-951, 2017 Jul 28.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29095020

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Health education is one of the primary tools for health promotion, especially for those that will be responsible for educating on healthy habits in the future. OBJECTIVE: To improve healthy lifestyle habits in university students through an educational intervention based on gamification. METHOD: A cuasiexperimental design of two groups (i.e., experimental groups and control group) with pretest and postest measurements was carried out. A 4-month intervention was implemented in 148 students from the Physical Activity and Sport Sciences university degree. Habits related to diet and physical activity were evaluated using a questionnaire (scaled from -40 a +50) and the teaching-learning process through a qualitative analysis. RESULTS: At the end of the intervention, a very significant improvement was found in the global value of the healthy lifestyle habits of the experimental group (+13,5), highlighting the improvement obtained in its higher level of compliance in the breakfast (53,4%), in the number of diary meals (31,5%), in the reduction of the consumption of soft-drinks (19,2%) and in the increase of physical activity level, with an improvement of 12,3% of participants with respect to the baseline levels. On the other hand, no significant improvements were found in the control group. CONCLUSIONS: An educational intervention based on gamification improves healthy lifestyle habits of the students.


INTRODUCCIÓN: la educación para la salud es una de las herramientas fundamentales para la promoción de salud, especialmente para aquellos que en el futuro serán responsables de formar en hábitos saludables. OBJETIVO: mejorar los hábitos de vida saludables en estudiantes universitarios a través de una intervención educativa de gamificación. MÉTODO: se empleó un diseño cuasiexperimental de dos grupos (grupo experimental y grupo control) con medidas pretest y postest. La intervención duró cuatro meses, con 148 alumnos del Grado en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte. Se evaluaron fundamentalmente los hábitos relacionados con la alimentación y la práctica de actividad física a través de un cuestionario (escala de -40 a +50) y el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje mediante análisis cualitativo. RESULTADOS: al término de la intervención se produjo una mejora muy significativa del valor global de los hábitos de vida saludables en el grupo experimental (+13,5), destacando la mejora obtenida en su mayor nivel de cumplimiento en el desayuno (53,4%), número de comidas diarias (31,5%), reducción del consumo de refrescos (19,2%) y aumento del nivel de actividad física, donde el 12,3% mejoró sus niveles iniciales. En el grupo control no se produjo mejora significativa. CONCLUSIONES: una intervención educativa de gamificación mejora los hábitos de vida saludables del alumnado universitario.


Subject(s)
Games, Experimental , Health Education/methods , Life Style , Students , Adult , Diet , Female , Health Behavior , Health Promotion , Humans , Male , Universities , Young Adult
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BMC Public Health ; 17(1): 748, 2017 09 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28950837

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The lack of physical activity and increasing time spent in sedentary behaviours during childhood place importance on developing low cost, easy-toimplement school-based interventions to increase physical activity among children. The PREVIENE Project will evaluate the effectiveness of five innovative, simple, and feasible interventions (active commuting to/from school, active Physical Education lessons, active school recess, sleep health promotion, and an integrated program incorporating all 4 interventions) to improve physical activity, fitness, anthropometry, sleep health, academic achievement, and health-related quality of life in primary school children. METHODS: A total of 300 children (grade 3; 8-9 years of age) from six schools in Granada (Spain) will be enrolled in one of the 8-week interventions (one intervention per school; 50 children per school) or a control group (no intervention school; 50 children). Outcomes will include physical activity (measured by accelerometry), physical fitness (assessed using the ALPHA fitness battery), and anthropometry (height, weight and waist circumference). Furthermore, they will include sleep health (measured by accelerometers, a sleep diary, and sleep health questionnaires), academic achievement (grades from the official school's records), and health-related quality of life (child and parental questionnaires). To assess the effectiveness of the different interventions on objectively measured PA and the other outcomes, the generalized linear model will be used. DISCUSSION: The PREVIENE Project will provide the information about the effectiveness and implementation of different school-based interventions for physical activity promotion in primary school children.


Subject(s)
Exercise , Health Promotion/methods , School Health Services , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Program Evaluation , Spain
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Nutr. hosp ; 34(4): 942-951, jul.-ago. 2017. graf, tab
Article in Spanish | IBECS | ID: ibc-165358

ABSTRACT

Introducción: la educación para la salud es una de las herramientas fundamentales para la promoción de salud, especialmente para aquellos que en el futuro serán responsables de formar en hábitos saludables. Objetivo: mejorar los hábitos de vida saludables en estudiantes universitarios a través de una intervención educativa de gamificación. Método: se empleó un diseño cuasiexperimental de dos grupos (grupo experimental y grupo control) con medidas pretest y postest. La intervención duró cuatro meses, con 148 alumnos del Grado en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte. Se evaluaron fundamentalmente los hábitos relacionados con la alimentación y la práctica de actividad física a través de un cuestionario (escala de -40 a +50) y el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje mediante análisis cualitativo. Resultados: al término de la intervención se produjo una mejora muy significativa del valor global de los hábitos de vida saludables en el grupo experimental (+13,5), destacando la mejora obtenida en su mayor nivel de cumplimiento en el desayuno (53,4%), número de comidas diarias (31,5%), reducción del consumo de refrescos (19,2%) y aumento del nivel de actividad física, donde el 12,3% mejoró sus niveles iniciales. En el grupo control no se produjo mejora significativa. Conclusiones: una intervención educativa de gamificación mejora los hábitos de vida saludables del alumnado universitario (AU)


Introduction: Health education is one of the primary tools for health promotion, especially for those that will be responsible for educating on healthy habits in the future. Objective: To improve healthy lifestyle habits in university students through an educational intervention based on gamification. Method: A cuasiexperimental design of two groups (i.e., experimental groups and control group) with pretest and postest measurements was carried out. A 4-month intervention was implemented in 148 students from the Physical Activity and Sport Sciences university degree. Habits related to diet and physical activity were evaluated using a questionnaire (scaled from -40 a +50) and the teaching-learning process through a qualitative analysis. Results: At the end of the intervention, a very significant improvement was found in the global value of the healthy lifestyle habits of the experimental group (+13,5), highlighting the improvement obtained in its higher level of compliance in the breakfast (53,4%), in the number of diary meals (31,5%), in the reduction of the consumption of soft-drinks (19,2%) and in the increase of physical activity level, with an improvement of 12,3% of participants with respect to the baseline levels. On the other hand, no significant improvements were found in the control group. Conclusions: An educational intervention based on gamification improves healthy lifestyle habits of the students (AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Young Adult , Adult , Feeding Behavior/physiology , Health Promotion/methods , Nutrition Assessment , Motor Activity/physiology , Health Education/methods , Case-Control Studies , Surveys and Questionnaires , 25783/methods , Health Behavior , Healthy People Programs/organization & administration
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Nutr Hosp ; 32(2): 534-44, 2015 Aug 01.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26268081

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: physical inactivity and unhealthy nutrition behaviours in early ages are two of the biggest problems related with public health in developed countries. AIMS: to carry out a systematic review of school-based programs related with physical activity promotion and/or nutrition in adolescents implemented in Spain and published in the principal national and international data bases in the last 15 years. METHOD: the literature was searched in spanish and english data bases Web of Science, ERIC, PsycINFO, Dialnet and ISOC, following PRISMA declaration principles for systematic reviews. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: from a total of 522 references, were retained 13 studies due to inclusion criteria. The most prevalent programs included families participation in the intervention. At the same time, the Physical Education teachers and the health personnel were the principal actor in programs development. Both of them were the principal protagonist in interventions. All the programs were able to improve at least one of the variables. CONCLUSION: were identified only 13 school-based intervention programs related with physical activity and/or nutrition in adolescents in the last 15 years in Spain. All the programs reached improvements, so school shows a relevant role in acquisition or improvement of this health behavior.


Introducción: la inactividad física y las conductas de alimentación poco saludable desde edades tempranas son dos de los grandes problemas de salud pública en los países desarrollados. Objetivo: realizar una revisión sistemática de los programas de promoción de actividad física y/o de alimentación desarrollados en España con adolescentes, desde el ámbito educativo y publicados en las principales bases de datos nacionales e internacionales en los últimos quince años. Método: se han revisado los artículos originales en inglés y español publicados en las bases de datos electrónicas: Web of Science, Scopus, ERIC, PsycINFO, Dialnet e ISOC, teniendo en cuenta los principios establecidos por la declaración PRISMA para revisiones sistemáticas. Resultados y discusión: de los 522 artículos identificados, 13 cumplían los criterios de inclusión establecidos. El aspecto de mayor coincidencia en los trabajos analizados es el de involucrar a las familias en la intervención. Al mismo tiempo, destaca el protagonismo del profesorado de Educación Física en la implementación de los programas, junto a la figura de los sanitarios, que también adquieren un elevado protagonismo. En todos ellos se logró incidir positivamente, como mínimo, en una de las variables objeto de estudio. Conclusión: en los últimos 15 años solamente se han identificado 13 programas con adolescentes de promoción de actividad física y/o de alimentación en España. Pero en todos ellos se obtuvieron mejoras, lo que confirma el relevante papel de la institución educativa sobre la adquisición y/o mejora de dichos hábitos desde una perspectiva saludable.


Subject(s)
Exercise , Health Promotion , Nutritional Status , Schools , Adolescent , Health Behavior , Humans , Public Health Surveillance , Spain
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Nutr. hosp ; 32(2): 534-544, ago. 2015. ilus, tab, mapas
Article in Spanish | IBECS | ID: ibc-139984

ABSTRACT

Introducción: la inactividad física y las conductas de alimentación poco saludable desde edades tempranas son dos de los grandes problemas de salud pública en los países desarrollados. Objetivo: realizar una revisión sistemática de los programas de promoción de actividad física y/o de alimentación desarrollados en España con adolescentes, desde el ámbito educativo y publicados en las principales bases de datos nacionales e internacionales en los últimos quince años. Método: se han revisado los artículos originales en inglés y español publicados en las bases de datos electrónicas: Web of Science, Scopus, ERIC, PsycINFO, Dialnet e ISOC, teniendo en cuenta los principios establecidos por la declaración PRISMA para revisiones sistemáticas. Resultados y discusión: de los 522 artículos identificados, 13 cumplían los criterios de inclusión establecidos. El aspecto de mayor coincidencia en los trabajos analizados es el de involucrar a las familias en la intervención. Al mismo tiempo, destaca el protagonismo del profesorado de Educación Física en la implementación de los programas, junto a la figura de los sanitarios, que también adquieren un elevado protagonismo. En todos ellos se logró incidir positivamente, como mínimo, en una de las variables objeto de estudio. Conclusión: en los últimos 15 años solamente se han identificado 13 programas con adolescentes de promoción de actividad física y/o de alimentación en España. Pero en todos ellos se obtuvieron mejoras, lo que confirma el relevante papel de la institución educativa sobre la adquisición y/o mejora de dichos hábitos desde una perspectiva saludable (AU)


Background: physical inactivity and unhealthy nutrition behaviours in early ages are two of the biggest problems related with public health in developed countries. Aims: to carry out a systematic review of school-based programs related with physical activity promotion and/or nutrition in adolescents implemented in Spain and published in the principal national and international data bases in the last 15 years. Method: the literature was searched in spanish and english data bases Web of Science, ERIC, PsycINFO, Dialnet and ISOC, following PRISMA declaration principles for systematic reviews. Results and discussion: from a total of 522 references, were retained 13 studies due to inclusion criteria. The most prevalent programs included families participation in the intervention. At the same time, the Physical Education teachers and the health personnel were the principal actor in programs development. Both of them were the principal protagonist in interventions. All the programs were able to improve at least one of the variables. Conclusion: were identified only 13 school-based intervention programs related with physical activity and/or nutrition in adolescents in the last 15 years in Spain. All the programs reached improvements, so school shows a relevant role in acquisition or improvement of this health behavior (AU)


Subject(s)
Adolescent , Female , Humans , Male , Food and Nutritional Health Promotion/organization & administration , Health Promotion/organization & administration , Motor Activity/physiology , Feeding Behavior/physiology , School Feeding , Feeding Behavior , Feeding Methods/trends , Public Health/methods , Exercise
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