Table 5.
Reasons for mobile physical activity tracking.
| Age |
Gender |
Subjective health |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of MD+PAT group (n = 208) | 50–64 (n = 135) | 65–79 (n = 62) | ≥80 (n = 11) | V (p-value) | Male (n = 118) | Female (n = 90) | V (p-value) | Very bad/ bad (n = 43) | Good/very good (n = 164) | V (p-value) | |
| Reasons | |||||||||||
| To track my daily physical activity | 65.8 | 69.7 | 64.4 | 27.3 | .20 (.017) | 65.0 | 67.1 | .02 (.756) | 64.5 | 68.8 | .04 (.511) |
| To motivate myself to remain healthy | 58.9 | 55.6 | 67.2 | 54.5 | .11 (.311) | 56.5 | 62.1 | .06 (.427) | 57.7 | 60.3 | .01 (.904) |
| To exchange data on physical activity and health with friends | 21.5 | 22.1 | 24.1 | 0.0 | .13 (.194) | 22.6 | 20.0 | .03 (.657) | 19.7 | 24.7 | .01 (.973) |
| To document my data on physical activity and health for my physician | 17.2 | 9.0 | 32.2 | 36.4 | .30 (<.001) | 17.2 | 17.2 | .00 (.998) | 15.2 | 20.8 | .02 (.803) |
| To track my sleep quality | 13.7 | 12.8 | 16.7 | 9.1 | .06 (.691) | 12.8 | 14.9 | .03 (.663) | 12.0 | 16.7 | .06 (.381) |
Note: Percentages columns for each row. V = Cramér’s V.