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Stages of Exercise Behavior Change in a Digital Wellness Program for Aged People : Relationship With Self-Efficacy for Exercise
2022
Sustained physical activity and exercise are central to healthy ageing. Yet, the majority of aged people are insufficiently physically active. Digital wellness technologies are potential in promoting exercise behaviors among aged people, but more detailed research on their potential to promote behavior change is limited. To address this gap, the purpose is to investigate how partaking in a digital wellness program influences the stage of exercise behavior change among aged people and to test whether self-efficacy for exercise can differentiate the program participants in terms of the stages of change. The investigation builds on the stages of exercise behavior change derived from the transt…
Organizational Wellness Modeling
2009
The aim of the present paper is to establish certain mathematical models for organizational wellness as well as to create some wellness optimization problems applicable to any type of organization (including universities) that might be mathematically solved resorting to aspects of operational research of mathematical analysis. The results obtained associated with a mathematical apparatus enable one to perform analyses, comparisons, interpretations, predictions. All of us have, consciously or not, a genuine curiosity in creating and shaping organizational wellness. This concept represents a highly topical issue since professional activity, irrespective of its field, holds a very significant …
How Is Gamification Perceived in Health and Wellness Technology Companies : Views from Four Companies of Different Size
2016
Technological development has facilitated new innovations in several fields, and the emergence of novel devices as well as software products and services is constant. Health and wellness is a field where the development of technology for various purposes has truly boosted. In the growing competition, companies are constantly seeking ways to better engage people with their offered products and services. One potential and increasingly used way to do this is gamification. However, even though the number of academic studies on gamification has increased, there is still relatively little research available on the perceptions of companies regarding the use of gamification in their offerings. In t…
Le politiche per la promozione dello sport in Italia e il divario tra Nord e Sud
2011
Liikunta- ja hyvinvointiblogien merkitys lukijoidensa arjessa
2017
Tämän pro gradu –tutkielman tarkoituksena oli selvittää liikunta- ja hyvinvointiblogien merkitystä blogien lukijoille. Tutkimus antoi tietoa muun muassa siitä, millaisin motiivein lukijat lukevat liikunta- ja hyvinvointiblogeja sekä millaisia konkreettisia ideoita he ovat blogeista saaneet ja toteuttaneet. Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin lyhyesti myös blogien merkitystä lukijoiden ravinto- ja liikuntakäyttäytymiseen. Tutkimukseen osallistui yhteensä 486 vastaajaa. Tutkimus oli määrällinen tutkimus ja tutkimusaineisto kerättiin verkkokyselylomakkeen avulla. Kyselylomakkeeseen johtavaa linkkiä jaettiin yhteistyöblogeissa viikon ajan, minkä jälkeen aineistoa analysoitiin IBM SPSS 20 –ohjelman avull…
Pratica e criticità delle sopraelevazioni nella costruzione storica palermitana. Practice and deficiencies of additional storeys in the construction …
2017
Per secoli lo sviluppo delle città è avvenuto soprattutto attraverso la trasformazione degli edifici esistenti, in particolare per mezzo di estese sopraele-vazioni. Questa pratica ha portato con sé numerose criticità, connesse alla vulne-rabilità sismica delle strutture e alle condizioni d’igiene e benessere degli ambienti interni e dello spazio urbano circostante. Soprattutto le ultime elevazioni sono esemplari della distanza dalle esigenze di sicurezza strutturale e benessere termico dell’utenza contemporanea, distanza che sempre più spesso si imputa agli edifici storici. In un passato non lontano è stata suggerita anche un’estesa demolizione di tali manufatti, operazione che cercava sost…
"Terveenä taivaaseen" : hyvinvointi, ikääntyminen ja wellness-kuluttaminen 50-65-vuotiaiden kokemuksena
2017
Tutkielman tarkoituksena on tarkastella myöhäiskeski-ikäisten, 50-65-vuotiaiden kokemuksia omasta hyvinvoinnistaan sekä sitä, miten he hyvinvointia tavoittelevat. Selvitetään myös, minkälaisia kokemuksia 50-65-vuotiailla on wellness-kuluttamisesta. Näiden näkökulmien pohjalta on mahdollista tarkastella myös sitä, miten ikääntyminen näyttäytyy osana hyvinvointipuhetta. Tutkimuksen teoreettiset lähtökohdat perustuvat hyvinvoinnin, ikääntymisen ja kuluttamisen aikaisempien tutkimusten ja teorioiden tarkastelulle. Tarkoituksena on pohtia, miten näiden kolmen ilmiön suhde näyttäytyy 50-65-vuotiaiden ikäryhmässä. Tutkimuksen analyysimenetelmänä käytetään teoriaohjaavaa sisällönanalyysiä, jossa te…
Mitä tänään blogattaisiin? : hyvinvointiblogien sisällöt ja niiden luotettavuus tietolähteenä
2017
Tämän pro gradu –tutkielman tarkoitus oli selvittää, millaisia ravintoon ja fyysiseen harjoitteluun liittyviä teemoja hyvinvointiblogeista nousee esille ja minkälaisia blogin kirjoittajien eli bloggaajien antamat ohjeet ravinnosta ja harjoittelusta ovat suhteessa tämänhetkisiin suosituksiin ja kirjallisuuteen. Tutkimuksen aineisto koostui kolmen suositun bloggaajan kirjoittamista blogiteksteistä kuukauden ajalta (syyskuu 2015). Tutkimus on laadullinen tutkimus, jossa aineisto käsiteltiin sisällönanalyysillä. Analyysin tuloksia suhteutettiin annettuihin terveyssuosituksiin ja kirjallisuuteen tutkijan vertailun avulla. Tutkimuksen aineistosta löydettiin kolme pääluokkaa: asiantuntijuuspuhe, k…
Using Heart Rate Variability Methods for Health-Related Outcomes in Outdoor Contexts : A Scoping Review of Empirical Studies
2023
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a psychophysiological variable that is often used in applied analysis techniques to indicate health status because it provides a window into the intrinsic regulation of the autonomic nervous system. However, HRV data analysis methods are varied and complex, which has led to different approaches to data collection, analysis, and interpretation of results. Our scoping review aimed to explore the diverse use of HRV methods in studies designed to assess health outcomes in outdoor free-living contexts. Four database indexes were searched, which resulted in the identification of 17,505 candidate studies. There were 34 studies and eight systematic reviews that met t…
Young Elderly and Digital Coaching : A Quantitative Intervention Study on Exercise Self-Efficacy
2020
Sport and wellness technology devices are becoming an increasingly relevant topic when discussing health and wellness. This study focuses on the use of a “digital coach”, within a specific population, young elderly people. This research explored how the use of a digital coach would affect self-efficacy related to physical activity and exercise among young elderly. Thisquantitative intervention study provided a digital coaching device to a group of young elderly people ranging from 61-78 in age for 10-weeks. It was found that a digital coach may be useful for this population, particularly in increasing their perceived confidence in exercising independently. However, the participants’ percept…