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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI)
PublisherBCS Learning & Development Ltd
Number of pages3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jul 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference - Church House, Belfast, United Kingdom
Duration: 4 Jul 20186 Jul 2018
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/computing-engineering-and-the-built-environment/events/32nd-british-human-computer-interaction-conference-acm-proceedings2

Publication series

NameElectronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
PublisherBCS
ISSN (Print)1477-9358

Conference

Conference32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBelfast
Period4/07/186/07/18
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Keywords

  • Occupational sedentary behaviour
  • Occupational sitting
  • Technology adoption
  • Digital technology

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