接收簡訊對健康行為改變之相關探討

A Review of the Relationship between Text-message Receiving and Health Behavior

10.29436/2010NANTAIWAN.201012.0191

徐映蓉(Ying-Jung Hsu)；鍾開雲(Kai-Yun Chung)；陳儀芳(I-Fang Chen)；徐錦興(Chin-Hsing Hsu)

資訊科技 ； 簡訊傳送 ； 行為改變 ； information technology ； text message ； behavior change

2010南台灣運動休閒產業理論與實務研討會專刊

2010（2010 / 12 / 01）

191 - 192

繁體中文

研究背景：資訊科技產業對現今社會溝通模式造成重大的影響，特別在通訊方式發展上，對現代人的生活影響尤為深遠。行動電話幾乎是台灣社會中人人必備的科技產品，除提供通訊與連繫功能外，傳送接收簡訊亦是主要的溝通功能。簡訊的發展用於人與人間傳達訊息外，個人的電子金融訊息即時通知、繳費資訊、商業廣告等，都是常見的簡訊內容。研究目的：本研究旨在探討簡訊對行為改變的影響，進而發展應用簡訊對個人健康管理與健康促進等方面之相關建議。研究方法：本研究使用文獻回顧法與內容分析法，以2000年以後與簡訊相關之相關文獻為主要分析比較之範圍。分析結果：簡訊在醫療體系、商業廣告、個人資訊管理等領域已廣泛運用，如用以提醒長期服藥之病人準時服藥。國外亦有研究簡訊對人們從事身體活動的影響，惟在台灣健身領域上之運用尚未普及。結語與建議：科技因人的需求而進步，手機簡訊技術不斷改良且已被廣泛使用；建議運動科學或休閒管理學門可針對簡訊之運用效益，評估在健身產業或休閒產業實際運用之可行性。此外運用簡訊提醒忙碌的現代人從事健身運動，亦為值得研究之發展方向。

Background: Information technology has a great impact on our daily life, it also makes a great influence on the way of communication. Actually, cellular phones are essential technology products for everyone in Taiwan these days. Not only for the function of communication, cellular phones also provided the function of send-and-receive text messages as well. Text messages focus on communication among people. In addition, common text message involve the instant notification of personal financial information, payment information, commercial advertising. Purpose of the study: This study aims to examine the impact of text messages on behavior change. Moreover, we made several recommendations regarding personal health management and health promotion. Method: This study refers to literature-review and content-analysis to analyze the results of related-literatures with text messages and health behavior since 2000. Results: Text message has been widely used in the health care system, commercial advertising, personal information management and other correlative fields, such as reminding chronic patients to take medicine on time. Previous studies have indicated that the impact of text message on physical activities. However, the application on physical fitness/physical activities hasn't been universal yet in Taiwan. Conclusion and recommendations: Technology makes a progress due to people's needs; cellular phone text-messages technology continues to improve and has been widely used. We suggest that exercise science/health management related researchers could evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of text message. Additionally, the application of text messages to remind people to exercise and keep fit, is also worthy of being studied.