Effect of Smartphone Apps Applying BodyThink Program on Obesity in Adolescent Girls.
10.4040/jkan.2016.46.3.390
- Author:
Min Kyung JUN
1
;
Ju Young HA
Author Information
1. Busan Haegang High School, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Female adolescents;
Obesity;
Body composition;
Self esteem;
Mobile applications
- MeSH:
Adipose Tissue;
Adolescent*;
Body Composition;
Body Image;
Counseling;
Female*;
Humans;
Mobile Applications;
Muscle, Skeletal;
Obesity*;
Self Concept;
Smartphone*
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2016;46(3):390-399
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of smartphone apps applying BodyThink program on BMI, percentage of body fat, skeletal muscle rate, body image, and self-esteem of adolescent girls. METHODS: Sixty-eight high school girls with a BMI of over 25kg/m² were recruited to participate in this study. Girls from four schools were divided into two groups: the experimental group, which used the smartphone apps applying BodyThink program, and the control group, which used smartphone apps and small group counseling. The experimental group received the BodyThink program 6 times, scheduled once a week, with each session lasting 40~50 minutes. Test measures were completed before and after the 6 week intervention period for all participants. Collected data was analyzed using Shapiro-Wilk test, descriptive statistics, χ² test, independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U test with the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program. RESULTS: The girls in the experimental group significantly improved their results in BMI(Z=-1.67, p=.042), percentage of body fat (Z=-3.01, p=.001), skeletal muscle rate (t=-3.50, p<.001), and self-esteem (t=2.66, p=.005) after the program, compared to the girls in the control group. CONCLUSION: Mobile applications applying psychological and emotional intervention programs have the potential to be effective alternative methods to improve the body composition and self-esteem of obese adolescent girls.
