对比基于移动的以小组为基础的教育减肥在发展中国家:一项随机研究
Hourvash Haghighinejad1, Forough Sedaghat2, Marzieh Akbarzadeh3
1Department of Family Medicine, Hematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Korean journal of family medicine
|May 21, 2024
概括
短信服务 (SMS) 教育是肥胖患者减肥的有效和节省成本的方法. 这种方法比传统的团体教育更有益,特别是在资源有限的环境中.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生教育卫生教育教育
- 重量管理重量管理
背景情况:
- 肥胖和超重人口构成了重大的公共卫生挑战,特别是在资源有限的国家.
- 需要有效和可扩展的干预措施来管理体重和改善这些人口中的生活方式因素.
- 在某些情况下,传统的健康教育方法可能会面临可访问性和成本障碍.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较基于短信服务 (SMS) 的教育与传统的群体教育对减肥的有效性.
- 评估对超重和肥胖个体的体重指数 (BMI),体重和生活方式的影响.
- 为了比较与基于短信和基于小组的教育干预相关的直接财务成本.
主要方法:
- 一个受控的随机教育研究,涉及90名超重或肥胖的成年人在伊朗的希拉兹.
- 参与者被分配到三个组:基于SMS的教育,基于小组的教育或对照组.
- 干预持续了12周,在基线和干预后测量体重,BMI和腰围.
主要成果:
- 在干预后的所有组中都观察到体重,BMI和腰围的显著变化.
- 在这三个组中,平均体重变化显著不同 (P=0.04),BMI变化几乎显著 (P=0.06).
- 与对照组相比,SMS教育的体重和BMI降低明显更大,并且比基于组的教育成本要低得多.
结论:
- 基于短信的教育是超重和肥胖个体体重管理的有效和节省成本的策略.
- 这种方法为传统的团体教育提供了可行的替代方案,特别是在资源有限的发展中国家.
- 这些发现支持将移动健康 (mHealth) 干预措施纳入公共卫生倡议.
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