Obesity Intervention Program for University Students

NCT03115229 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 15102038
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of preventive nursing interventions, which consist of education / practices including of healthy eating and physical activity and motivational messages which sent through social media to reduce obesity risk in university students who in the risk group for obesity.

Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Physical Activity; Nutrition; Nursing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Nutrition-Exercise Attitude Score, Nutrition-Exercise Behavior Score, Exercise Benefit / Obstacle Score

  The Scale of Nutrition-Exercise Attitude-Behavior, The Scale of Exercise Benefit / Obstacle

  Totaly: 11 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Bady Mass Index

  Totaly: 11 weeks

• Waist / Hip

  Totaly: 11 weeks

• Body fat percentage

  Totaly: 11 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group of the RCT was composed of 35 students randomly assigned to the control group who are BMI was between 25.0-29.9 or BMI was between 18.5-24.9 and they were in the risk group in terms of obesity according to the risk rating scales.

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The selected students were associated with obesity risk factors about obesity (owerveight or normal weight and they were in the risk group in terms of obesity according to the risk rating scales, and between 19-24 years old) and randomly assigned to the experimental group to Protective Nursing Interventions for Reduction Obesity Risk

Behavioral: Protective Nursing Interventions for Reduction Obesity Risk

Interventions

Protective Nursing Interventions for Reduction Obesity Risk BEHAVIORAL

Applications for the experimental group for 11 weeks are grouped under three headings. These; Nutritional habits, practices for physical activity, and motivational messages sent via social media. Nutritional practices: Nutritional practices consist of group trainings, individual practices and collective events. Practices for physical activity: Group trainings, group exercises, individual exercises and collective activities. Physical activity was done for 3 days per week and 45-60 minutes every seans for 8 weeks. In addition, activities such as collective nature walks and cycling have been carried out Practices through social media: For physical activity and healthy eating; Motivational messages were sent twice a week for 11 weeks.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Preobezes between 25.0-29.9 BMI
• The BMI is 18.5-24.9 and who get above the average score (24-36 points high risk) from the "Risky Behavior Scale University Form: the subscale of nutritional habits
• The BMI is 18.5-24.9 and who get below the mean score (8-20 points high risk) from the Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale's subscale of Exercise

You may not qualify if:

• BMI below 18.5 and above 29.9
• Constantly regular drug users
• Those who have any health problems (who have had a heart attack, angioplasty or any surgical operation within 3 months, those with heart failure, those with metabolic disease, those with eating disorder, those with cancer, those with any psychological disease, Physically disabled)
• Those who are pregnant
• Those who have participated in any weight management program at least 2 months in advance and are still involved in the nutrition or physical activity program

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Selcuk University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Overweight; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Belgin Akın, Professor

  Selcuk University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: In the RCT, blindness was done in terms of data collectors and statistician. The data were collected by another investigator (assistant investigator) who did not know who was in the experiment and control group, and the data were recorded by the assistant investigator on the computer, without specifying the experiment and control group. Experimental and control groups were coded by an assistant investigator. Analysis of the data encoded by groups was done by a statistician. After the statistical analyzes were made and the research report was written, the assistant investigator explained the coding for the experiment and control group. In this way, data gathering, statistical analysis and reporting have been blinded. Note: Two assistant researchers received support from the research process. One of the assistant researcher is a coach who is a graduate of the Faculty of Sport Sciences other than Ph.D. Student of the Department of Public Health Nursing
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Selçuk University Coordinator of Scientific Research Projects

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 22, 2017
• First Posted: April 14, 2017
• Study Start: June 10, 2015
• Primary Completion: March 7, 2016
• Study Completion: May 27, 2016
• Last Updated: August 28, 2019

Record last verified: 2017-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share