TY - JOUR
T1 - Web-based intervention to promote physical activity in Taiwanese children
AU - Huang, Sheu-jen
AU - Hung, Wen chi
AU - Shyu, Meei Ling
AU - Chang, Kuo chen
AU - Chen, Chun Kai
N1 - Funding Information:
All procedures were performed in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and National Science Council in Taiwan has approved the conduct of this research. Informed consent was collected from the parents of the participants. This study was supported by a grant from the National Science Council (grant number: NSC97-2410-H003-096-SS2 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Purpose: This study investigated the effectiveness of a theory-based, technology-integrated website in promoting the physical activity of schoolchildren. Design and methods: A website designed using a self-management strategy and supplemented with a geographical information system (GIS) mapping function was used to increase children's physical activity levels. A total of 524 students from six elementary schools in Taipei City completed surveys at three times during 2010 and were assigned to one of three groups: (1) a self-management group, using a website employing a goal-setting strategy and a storytelling schema based on a classical Chinese novel; (2) a knowledge-only group that was given only access to the website; or (3) a control group that was only given lectures and not allowed to access the website. Results: After adjustment for the effects of the pretest, the self-management and knowledge-only groups were found to be more physically active and have higher self-efficacy than the control group. Moreover, the self-management group had higher scores for these two variables than the knowledge-only group. Furthermore, the intervention was more effectives for male students than female students. Conclusion: Overall, the self-management website proved to be effective in promoting schoolchildren's physical activity. The positive correlation of self-efficacy with the ability to handle the difficulties inherent in physical activity continued for 3 months after the intervention was completed.
AB - Purpose: This study investigated the effectiveness of a theory-based, technology-integrated website in promoting the physical activity of schoolchildren. Design and methods: A website designed using a self-management strategy and supplemented with a geographical information system (GIS) mapping function was used to increase children's physical activity levels. A total of 524 students from six elementary schools in Taipei City completed surveys at three times during 2010 and were assigned to one of three groups: (1) a self-management group, using a website employing a goal-setting strategy and a storytelling schema based on a classical Chinese novel; (2) a knowledge-only group that was given only access to the website; or (3) a control group that was only given lectures and not allowed to access the website. Results: After adjustment for the effects of the pretest, the self-management and knowledge-only groups were found to be more physically active and have higher self-efficacy than the control group. Moreover, the self-management group had higher scores for these two variables than the knowledge-only group. Furthermore, the intervention was more effectives for male students than female students. Conclusion: Overall, the self-management website proved to be effective in promoting schoolchildren's physical activity. The positive correlation of self-efficacy with the ability to handle the difficulties inherent in physical activity continued for 3 months after the intervention was completed.
KW - Computer-mediated communication
KW - Elementary education
KW - Evaluation methodologies
KW - Improving classroom teaching
KW - Teaching/learning strategies
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pedn.2018.12.016
DO - 10.1016/j.pedn.2018.12.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 30700375
AN - SCOPUS:85060548346
VL - 45
SP - e35-e43
JO - Journal of Pediatric Nursing
JF - Journal of Pediatric Nursing
SN - 0882-5963
ER -