User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment

Matias Garcia-Constantino; Chris Nugent; Aoife Stephenson; Suzanne M. McDonough; Marie H.  Murphy; Jacqueline L. Mair

doi:10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.175

User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment

Matias Garcia-Constantino, Chris Nugent, Aoife Stephenson, Suzanne M. McDonough, Marie H. Murphy, Jacqueline L. Mair

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Abstract

In this paper we introduce the Worktivity mobile app as a potential solution to help reduce occupational sitting in an office environment. Worktivity functions by sending hourly reminders to stand up or move in addition to showing factual information related to the benefits of being active within the office environment. The Worktivity app was used over a period of 8 weeks by 37 participants aged between 18 and 65 years old from two private office worksites in Northern Ireland. Results demonstrated how users responded to the reminders over the duration of the study with mean acknowledgement rates of 66.06% and 51.57% when using the app and when using the app with a standing desk, respectively.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI)
Publisher	BCS Learning & Development Ltd
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.175
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference - Church House, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Jul 2018 → 6 Jul 2018 https://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/computing-engineering-and-the-built-environment/events/32nd-british-human-computer-interaction-conference-acm-proceedings2

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Name	Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
Publisher	BCS
ISSN (Print)	1477-9358

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Conference	32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Belfast
Period	4/07/18 → 6/07/18
Internet address	https://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/computing-engineering-and-the-built-environment/events/32nd-british-human-computer-interaction-conference-acm-proceedings2

Keywords

Occupational sedentary behaviour
Occupational sitting
Technology adoption
Digital technology

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Garcia-Constantino, M., Nugent, C., Stephenson, A., McDonough, S. M., Murphy, M. H., & Mair, J. L. (2018). User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment. In Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI) Article 175 (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)). BCS Learning & Development Ltd. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.175

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Garcia-Constantino, M, Nugent, C, Stephenson, A, McDonough, SM, Murphy, MH & Mair, JL 2018, User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment. in Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI)., 175, Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC), BCS Learning & Development Ltd, 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, Belfast, United Kingdom, 4/07/18. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.175

User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment. / Garcia-Constantino, Matias; Nugent, Chris; Stephenson, Aoife et al.
Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI). BCS Learning & Development Ltd, 2018. 175 (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Garcia-Constantino M, Nugent C, Stephenson A, McDonough SM, Murphy MH, Mair JL. User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment. In Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI). BCS Learning & Development Ltd. 2018. 175. (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)). doi: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.175

User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment

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