A model for mobile exergame development to promote anti-sedentary behaviour

The term “exergame” is the combination word of exercise and videogames. Exergaming is playing exergames or any other video games to promote physical activity. Contemporary lifestyle has become increasingly sedentary: little physical (sports, exercises) and much sedentary (TV, computers) activity. Th...

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Main Author:	Y. Mohan, Thivaanraj
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers Computer science
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79076/1/ThivaanrajYMohanMFC2018.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.790762018-09-27T06:07:20Z A model for mobile exergame development to promote anti-sedentary behaviour 2018-01 Y. Mohan, Thivaanraj QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science The term “exergame” is the combination word of exercise and videogames. Exergaming is playing exergames or any other video games to promote physical activity. Contemporary lifestyle has become increasingly sedentary: little physical (sports, exercises) and much sedentary (TV, computers) activity. The nature of sedentary activity is self-reinforcing, such that increasing physical and decreasing sedentary activity is difficult. As the growth of smartphones devices increased over the years, it becomes easier for an individual to play the exergame application in their mobile device anytime, anywhere. This research study mainly aims to promote anti-sedentary behaviour by using mobile exergame application. Therefore, a model has been proposed based on literature analysis on behaviour change models and survey experiment findings. The overall finding from the survey experiment suggest that by practising mobile exergame, an individual can expect a productive behaviour change which will motivate the user for a longer period of time. It also helps to identify the specific requirements of the prototype as well as contributes to the model development for this study. To evaluate the proposed model, a mobile exergame prototype called “FitUP” was developed as a proof of concept. Rapid Application Development (RAD) model was used as a guideline for the prototype development. In addition, a final survey was also conducted towards the end of this research study to gather the usability satisfaction data on the “FitUP” prototype which was developed for this research study. 2018-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79076/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79076/1/ThivaanrajYMohanMFC2018.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:110843 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computing Faculty of Computing
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spellingShingle	QA75 Electronic computers Computer science Y. Mohan, Thivaanraj A model for mobile exergame development to promote anti-sedentary behaviour
description	The term “exergame” is the combination word of exercise and videogames. Exergaming is playing exergames or any other video games to promote physical activity. Contemporary lifestyle has become increasingly sedentary: little physical (sports, exercises) and much sedentary (TV, computers) activity. The nature of sedentary activity is self-reinforcing, such that increasing physical and decreasing sedentary activity is difficult. As the growth of smartphones devices increased over the years, it becomes easier for an individual to play the exergame application in their mobile device anytime, anywhere. This research study mainly aims to promote anti-sedentary behaviour by using mobile exergame application. Therefore, a model has been proposed based on literature analysis on behaviour change models and survey experiment findings. The overall finding from the survey experiment suggest that by practising mobile exergame, an individual can expect a productive behaviour change which will motivate the user for a longer period of time. It also helps to identify the specific requirements of the prototype as well as contributes to the model development for this study. To evaluate the proposed model, a mobile exergame prototype called “FitUP” was developed as a proof of concept. Rapid Application Development (RAD) model was used as a guideline for the prototype development. In addition, a final survey was also conducted towards the end of this research study to gather the usability satisfaction data on the “FitUP” prototype which was developed for this research study.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Y. Mohan, Thivaanraj
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title	A model for mobile exergame development to promote anti-sedentary behaviour
title_short	A model for mobile exergame development to promote anti-sedentary behaviour
title_full	A model for mobile exergame development to promote anti-sedentary behaviour
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title_full_unstemmed	A model for mobile exergame development to promote anti-sedentary behaviour
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computing
granting_department	Faculty of Computing
publishDate	2018
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/79076/1/ThivaanrajYMohanMFC2018.pdf
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