Browsing by Author "Kamitani, Emiko"
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- ItemNew insights into compliance with a mobile phone diary and pedometer use in sedentary women.(2011-04-13) Fukuoka, Yoshimi; Kamitani, Emiko; Dracup, Kathleen; Jong, So SonOBJECTIVES The purposes of this study were 1 to determine compliance with a pedometer and mobile phone based physical activity diary and 2 to assess concordance between self reported daily steps recorded and transmitted by a mobile phone and pedometer measured daily steps in sedentary women METHODS In this 3 week pilot clinical study 41 sedentary women who met all inclusion criteria were recruited from local communities We asked the participants to wear a pedometer every day and to report their daily steps using a mobile phone diary each night before retiring In the first week women were asked to monitor their daily steps baseline steps In the second and third weeks they were asked to increase their steps by 20 from the previous week Although the pedometer can automatically store the most recent 41 days performance the participants were not informed of this function of the pedometer RESULTS Overall compliance was 93 8 with pedometer use and 88 3 with the mobile phone physical activity diary Bland Altman plots showed that the agreement between self reported daily steps by mobile phone diary and pedometer recorded daily steps from week 1 to week 3 was high CONCLUSION The combination of a pedometer and a mobile phone diary may enhance the quality of self reported data in clinical studies
- ItemReal-time social support through a mobile virtual community to improve healthy behavior in overweight and sedentary adults: a focus group analysis.(2011-07-14) Fukuoka, Yoshimi; Kamitani, Emiko; Bonnet, Kemberlee; Lindgren, TeriBACKGROUND The onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus can be prevented or delayed by lifestyle changes Communication technologies such as a mobile phone can be used as a means of delivering these lifestyle changes OBJECTIVES The purposes of this analysis were to explore applicability of potential components of a mobile phone based healthy lifestyle program and to understand motivators and barriers to continued engagement in a mobile phone healthy lifestyle program METHODS We conducted 6 focus groups 4 female and 2 male groups in May and June 2010 with 35 focus group participants The qualitative data were analyzed by 3 researchers using a qualitative description method in an ATLAS ti software program Inclusion criteria for enrollment in a focus group were as follows 1 being aged from 30 to 69 years 2 speaking and reading English 3 having a sedentary lifestyle at work or during leisure time screened by the Brief Physical Activity Survey questionnaire and 4 having a body mass index BMI 25 kg m 2 Asian 23 kg m 2 based on self reported weight and height or 5 having a self reported prediabetic condition RESULTS The mean age was 51 SD 10 6 years 54 n 19 were white 71 n 25 used a mobile phone at least once a week during the last month prior to the study enrollment and mean BMI was 32 5 SD 6 5 kg m 2 In the qualitative analyses the following 4 major themes and their subthemes emerged 1 real time social support real time peer support from participants who are similarly engaged in a diet or physical activity program and professional support from health care providers or a researcher 2 tailoring of mobile phone programs 3 self monitoring and motivation and 4 potential barriers and sustainability of the program fear of failing age and mobile technologies and loss of interest over time CONCLUSIONS Participants from a wide range of age and racial groups expressed interest in a mobile phone based lifestyle program Such a program that incorporates the themes that we identified may be able to help motivate participants to increase their physical activity and to improve their diet