Abstract
Introduction: Physical inactivity is one of the modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Physical inactivity among Ministry of Health (MOH) staff is still worrisome, as it can reach up to 58% compared to the National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019, in which only 25%. Therefore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has initiated a programme called KOSPEN@Activ on 14thFebruary 2018 to increase staff physical activity for MOH staff. KOSPEN@Activ is a premium subscription of BookDoc Activ application that employs the gamification concept to track an individual's physical activity (step counts) with a reward component. This study aims to determine the factors associated with the total average number of daily steps taken by MOH staff.
Method: This is a secondary data extracted from the BookDoc Activ database for the period September 2018 to September 2021. A list of data with unique identifiers was provided. The data provided were demographic information and daily step data captured by the apps when the user synced it with the apps. The sociodemographic data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The total average number of daily steps over a four-year was plotted in a time-series graph. Simple linear regression was used to calculate the factors associated with the total average number of daily steps, and multiple linear regression was used to determine the predictors of the total average number of daily steps. Results: Although 135,947 staff downloaded the apps, only 78,553 (57.8%) used them. The remaining 57,394 (42.2%) downloaded the apps but did not sync them while walking. Females (73.3%) were the most active users (11.0). The median age was 38.0 (11.0). Sarawak and the support group have the most active users respectively with 11.4% and 75.0%, while the majority of active users were wearing wearables (83%). It has been revealed that 42.8% of male users never use the apps after downloading them. Users work in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) had the highest percentage of inactive users, up to 96.2%, while users work in Johor had the lowest (14.6%). The total average number of daily steps for active users from September 2018 to September 2021 was 4,064 steps. Users working in the East Region, Borneo Region, and South Region have 131.306 (p<0.001), 105.805 (p<0.001), and 84.765 (p = 0.004) more total average daily steps compared to users working in the North Region, and users working in the West Region have 79.362 (p = 0.004) steps less.
Conclusion: The factors associated with total average daily steps are investigated in this study. The total average number of daily steps for MOH staff is still less than the recommended 5,000 steps per day. Only the state region is the predictor. More study is needed to determine what factors influence their motivation, such as the Air Pollution Index (API), cloud cover, rainfall volume, temperature, or is it due to an event initiated by the state itself to increase the steps. In the second part of this study, all of these factors will be analysed.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-O-26,
title = {Factors Associated with the Total Average Number of Daily Steps Using KOSPEN@Activ Application Among Ministry of Health Staff 2018-2021},
author = {Khairul Hafidz Alkhair Khairul Amin and Prof Madya Dr. Hayati Kadir@Shahar and Lim Poh Ying and Feisul Idzwan Mustapha and Mohd Azahadi Omar},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-O-26.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/events/oral-session-6-ballroom-C/},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-01},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Introduction: Physical inactivity is one of the modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Physical inactivity among Ministry of Health (MOH) staff is still worrisome, as it can reach up to 58% compared to the National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019, in which only 25%. Therefore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has initiated a programme called KOSPEN@Activ on 14thFebruary 2018 to increase staff physical activity for MOH staff. KOSPEN@Activ is a premium subscription of BookDoc Activ application that employs the gamification concept to track an individual's physical activity (step counts) with a reward component. This study aims to determine the factors associated with the total average number of daily steps taken by MOH staff.
Method: This is a secondary data extracted from the BookDoc Activ database for the period September 2018 to September 2021. A list of data with unique identifiers was provided. The data provided were demographic information and daily step data captured by the apps when the user synced it with the apps. The sociodemographic data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The total average number of daily steps over a four-year was plotted in a time-series graph. Simple linear regression was used to calculate the factors associated with the total average number of daily steps, and multiple linear regression was used to determine the predictors of the total average number of daily steps. Results: Although 135,947 staff downloaded the apps, only 78,553 (57.8%) used them. The remaining 57,394 (42.2%) downloaded the apps but did not sync them while walking. Females (73.3%) were the most active users (11.0). The median age was 38.0 (11.0). Sarawak and the support group have the most active users respectively with 11.4% and 75.0%, while the majority of active users were wearing wearables (83%). It has been revealed that 42.8% of male users never use the apps after downloading them. Users work in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) had the highest percentage of inactive users, up to 96.2%, while users work in Johor had the lowest (14.6%). The total average number of daily steps for active users from September 2018 to September 2021 was 4,064 steps. Users working in the East Region, Borneo Region, and South Region have 131.306 (p\<0.001), 105.805 (p\<0.001), and 84.765 (p = 0.004) more total average daily steps compared to users working in the North Region, and users working in the West Region have 79.362 (p = 0.004) steps less.
Conclusion: The factors associated with total average daily steps are investigated in this study. The total average number of daily steps for MOH staff is still less than the recommended 5,000 steps per day. Only the state region is the predictor. More study is needed to determine what factors influence their motivation, such as the Air Pollution Index (API), cloud cover, rainfall volume, temperature, or is it due to an event initiated by the state itself to increase the steps. In the second part of this study, all of these factors will be analysed.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, UPM Serdang; Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing (MyAgeing), UPM Serdang; Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya; National Institute of Health, Shah Alam},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}