Sustained Adoption of Systematic Physical Activity for Young Elderly – A Developed UTAUT Approach

Authors

Christer Carlsson, Institute for Advanced Management Systems Research, Turku, FinlandFollow
Tuomas Kari, Institute for Advanced Management Systems Research, Turku, Finland and University of Jyväskylä, FinlandFollow
Markus Makkonen, Institute for Advanced Management Systems Research, Turku, Finland and University of Jyväskylä, FinlandFollow
Pirkko Walden, Institute for Advanced Management Systems Research, Turku, FinlandFollow
Lauri Frank, University of Jyväskylä, FinlandFollow

Abstract

Health recommendations state that for young elderly systematic physical activi-ties at moderate intensity for at least 150 minutes per week are required to help them stay in good shape for their senior years. We have found that young el-derly readily gets started with a physical activity (PA) program but there is some challenge to make them stay with this program. We have learned that a PA program should build on activities that users find meaningful and/or best suit-ed for their history of PA and their present physical capacity. Support from dig-ital services to find meaningful and suitable programs can make a difference. We work out developments of the UTAUT to find drivers that could help build a sustained adoption of PA programs and propose a model for Systemat-ic Physical Activity Programs (SysPAP).

Recommended Citation

Carlsson, Christer; Kari, Tuomas; Makkonen, Markus; Walden, Pirkko; and Frank, Lauri, "Sustained Adoption of Systematic Physical Activity for Young Elderly – A Developed UTAUT Approach" (2020). BLED 2020 Proceedings. 13.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/bled2020/13