NCT05883930

The Effect of the Mobile Software Let's Move Program on Changing Sedentary Behaviors of University Students

The Effect of Mobile Software "Let's Move" Program Developed Based on Transtheoretical Model on Sedentary Life Behaviors of University Students

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 194 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Marmara University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Sedentary life means a physically inactive, sedentary life and is the fourth largest risk factor for death worldwide. It is reported that 70% to 85% of young people between the ages of age, representing 15.6% of the population of our country's population, are sedentary. The Transtheoretical Model(TTM) is an easy-to-use and proven model for changing sedentary life. Therefore, in the first stage of this two-stage research, it was aimed to develop the TTM-based 'Let's Move' mobile software program and to test the effect of the mobile software program developed in the second stage on changing the sedentary life behaviors of university students. The universe of this research will consist of 290 students studying at a foundation university in Istanbul. The sample was calculated using the G-power program (3.1.9.4) program. By taking 10% more of the sample, 97 students in the experimental group and 97 students in the control group will be randomly assigned through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program. The TTM-based mobile software program "Let's Move" mobile software program developed for the experimental group will be applied for 12 weeks. The effectiveness of the program will be evaluated with the pre-test, post-test and follow-up test, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, the number of daily steps, the smart bracelet, and the TTM sedentary lifestyle TTM Sedentary Life Scales (Stages of Change, Self-Efficacy and Decision-Making scales). At the end of the research, the effectiveness of the 'Lets's Move' mobile software program "Let's Move" developed in this research in changing the sedentary life will be tested. In addition, it is aimed to increase the number of steps, decrease in sedentary behaviors and make an active lifestyle permanent. All initiatives developed for the TTM sedentary life behavior change stages will be made into a book and the results of the experimental research will be published, contributing and providing evidence to the international literature.

Detailed description

Sedentary lifestyle is an important behavioral problem that threatens health and is reported to be common among young people. University years of study include adolescence and young adulthood. In order to reach the healthy adults of the future, it is very important to spend these periods active, to gain healthy lifestyle behaviors and to make them permanent. Adopting an inactive lifestyle of young people causes many non-communicable diseases (diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc.) later in later ages. For this reason, developing an active lifestyle and changing an inactive lifestyle during the adolescent years are the most important components of reaching healthy societies. When examining the studies are examined, it is seen that the majority of the studies conducted to reduce sedentary life focus on adults aged \> 30 years and a limited number of experimental studies based on the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) for university students. The Transtheoretical Model argues that change is a process, and not a result, that the individual changes behavior by going through certain stages, and that in order to be successful in change, appropriate initiatives should be planned for the stage of change that the individual is in. The model recommends appropriate biopsychosocial and behavioral interventions by evaluating the individual's readiness for change with the stages of change questionnaire and the self-efficacy and determination levels with scales. It constantly monitors the stage of change that the individual has reached as a result of the initiatives, and offers initiatives to prevent returns and to make the behavior permanent.

Conditions

• Public Health Nursing

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	'Let's Move' program	Students will complete data collection forms as part of the program. According to International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), those who are low in activity and inactive will be assigned to the appropriate intervention program based on their sedentary lifestyle stage. Students will enter the module system prepared according to the five different stages of change \[not thinking (1), thinking (2), preparing (3), acting (4), continuing (5)\] of sedentary living. There are 12 different initiatives for each phase/module of the program. Summary and reinforcing questions are asked at the end of each trial. If participants do not answer the questions, they cannot continue with the next week's initiative. Participants' daily step counts with the smart wristband are recorded in the program. Daily alerts/reinforcement messages related to that week's initiative will be sent during all phases.
OTHER	no intervention	No intervention will be applied to the control group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-30
• Primary completion: 2024-01-30
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2023-06-01
• Last updated: 2023-10-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)