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PURPOSE

The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of activity tracker & application use on adherence, metabolic syndrome factor and body composition of middle and senior-aged.

METHODS

The subjects of this study were 1,196 middle and senior-aged man and women with health hazard factor. All of subjects divided to two groups, activity tracker & application use group 990 (man= 492, women= 498) was participating in 24 weeks, and control group 206 (man= 71, women= 135) was not in that program. They performed physical activity utilizing activity tracker & application for 24 weeks. The following items were measured before, middle and after the program: physical activity adherence, metabolic syndrome factor and body composition.

RESULTS

Results of this study showed that physical activity adherence appeared nothing in drop-rate of male (9.35%) and female (8.63%): So adherence were male (90.65%) and female (91.37%). And changes of metabolic syndrome factor variables were significantly improved in total cholesterol, triglyceride, systolic blood pressure, and glucose in activity tracker & application use group and control group after 24 weeks. Also, body composition were showed significantly different in BMI, weight, waist.

CONCLUSIONS

Activity tracker & application use accompanied regular physical activity were effective in middle and senior-aged health promotion. This results can be utilized not only in new health promotion program of public health center but also in a local resident health management strategies.