KEY INFLUENCERS OF CONSISTENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ENGAGEMENT

Research topic/area

Health science, Data analysis

Type of thesis

Bachelor

Start time

-

Application deadline

31.08.2025

Duration of the thesis

-

Description

“Gesundheit zum Mitmachen” is a municipal health promotion initiative launched in Bad Schönborn with the goal of advancing community health through sports and physical activity. Initiated in 1992, a unique longitudinal study has followed up to 1,090 participants over a span of 29 years, integrating both panel and follow-up components. Participants provided comprehensive data via questionnaires addressing their physical activities, work situations, mental health, and eating habits, as well as regular health assessments conducted by physicians. The aim of this thesis is to identify the key factors that support sustained engagement in sports and overall well-being.

Tasks:
- Review the study documentation and manually consolidate or reduce dimensionality based on contextual relevance.
- Investigate how work situations, mental health, and eating habits choices have changed over time, identifying patterns or shifts in these areas.
- Conduct cluster analysis on the participants each year to identify distinct subgroups based on the aforementioned aspects. Then, these clusters will be compared over the years to determine how the participants have changed over time and the parameters that contributed to these changes.

Requirement

Requirements for students

• Strong programming skills (Python)
• At least basic knowledge of machine learning and data analysis
• At least A2-level German proficiency preferred

Faculty departments

• Humanities & social sciences
  Sports science
• Engineering sciences
  Biological engineering
  Electrical engineering & information technologies
  Informatics
  Information System Engineering and Management
• Natural sciences and Technology
  Medical technology
• Other
  Sports
• Economic & law sciences
  Information Engineering

Supervision

Title, first name, last name

Supraja Ramesh

Organizational unit

TECO, Institute of Telematics

Email address

ramesh@teco.edu

Link to personal homepage/personal page

Website

Application via email

Application documents

E-Mail Address for application
Senden Sie die oben genannten Bewerbungsunterlagen bitte per Mail an ramesh@teco.edu


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