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ArticleJMIR public health and surveillance2022

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Physical Activity and Wellness Behaviors in College Students Throughout a School Year: Longitudinal Naturalistic Study.

Yang Bai, William E Copeland, Ryan Burns, Hilary Nardone, Vinay Devadanam, Jeffrey Rettew, James Hudziak

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Article in JMIR public health and surveillance, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yang BaiDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6751-3896
William E CopelandVermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Child Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1348-7781
Ryan BurnsDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5933-4633
Hilary NardoneVermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Child Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7631-663X
Vinay DevadanamVermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Child Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2637-6797
Jeffrey RettewVermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Child Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4238-5979
James HudziakVermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Child Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9653-758X
University of Vermont · USUniversity of Utah · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Wellness Environment app study is a longitudinal study focused on promoting health in college students.

objectiveThe two aims of this study were (1) to assess physical activity (PA) variation across the days of the week and throughout the academic year and (2) to explore the correlates that were associated with PA, concurrently and longitudinally.

methodsThe participants were asked to report their wellness and risk behaviors on a 14-item daily survey through a smartphone app. Each student was provided an Apple Watch to track their real time PA. Data were collected from 805 college students from Sept 2017 to early May 2018. PA patterns across the days of the week and throughout the academic year were summarized. Concurrent associations of daily steps with wellness or risk behavior were tested in the general linear mixed-effects model. The longitudinal, reciprocal association between daily steps and health or risk behaviors were tested with cross-lagged analysis.

resultsFemale college students were significantly more active than male ones. The students were significantly more active during the weekday than weekend. Temporal patterns also revealed that the students were less active during Thanksgiving, winter, and spring breaks. Strong concurrent positive correlations were found between higher PA and self-reported happy mood, 8+ hours of sleep, ≥1 fruit and vegetable consumption, ≥4 bottles of water intake, and ≤2 hours of screen time (P<.001). Similar longitudinal associations found that the previous day's wellness behaviors independently predicted the following day's higher PA except for mood. Conversely, the higher previous-day PA levels were associated with better mood, more fruit and vegetable consumption, and playing less music, but with higher liquor consumption the next day.

conclusionsThis study provides a comprehensive surveillance of longitudinal PA patterns and their independent association with a variety of wellness and risk behaviors in college students.

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Ecological Momentary AssessmentStudentsExerciseFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleSchoolsApple Watchsubstance usewellnessyoung adulthood

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PMID34982721
PMCPMC8767478
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