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Exploring the Effectiveness to Web-based Exercise Among Community-dwelling Adults With High Body Fat

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Adherence, Treatment
Exercise
Interventions
Behavioral: web-based aerobic exercise
Registration Number
NCT05957861
Lead Sponsor
National Tainan Junior College of Nursing
Brief Summary

The study findings can derive an effective exercise type either web-based or supervise exercise as well as build a series of exercise video that can promote self-exercise at home for health promotion for community residents.

Detailed Description

Background: Web-based exercise is effective alternative training for community residents on health improvement; however, adherence to their performance is challenging.

Purpose: This study aimed to (1) compare the effectiveness of 16-week exercise on improving blood samples, body composition, and anthropometric parameters between web-based exercise and supervised exercise; and (2) examine the trajectory of exercise adherence of web-based exercise for attendance and intensity over time for community-dwelling adults with high body fat.

Design: A two-arm randomized control trial. Method: Participants who received 16-week supervised exercise for aerobic exercise training on 2020 in our previous project was served as one of control groups (n = 34). In present project, purposive sampling will be used to enroll a target of 66 community-dwelling residents aged 40-64 years with inactive habits and body fat percentage ≧ of 25% for males and ≧ 30% for females in study. Eligible participants will be stratified by sex and then block randomly divided into web-based exercise or a control group (without any exercise intervention). The web-based exercise will prescribe a 30-minute of aerobic exercise at least moderate intensity prescription for three times per week. Heart rate reserve and self-perceived exertion will be self-recorded on the web by participants. Generalized estimating equations will be used to explore the effectiveness of web-based exercise.

Implications: The study findings can derive an effective exercise type either web-based or supervise exercise as well as build a series of exercise video that can promote self-exercise at home for health promotion for community residents.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • aged from 40 to 64 years.
  • have a body fat percentage of ≧25% if a man or ≧30% if a woman.
  • can use the internet for watching the exercise video online.
  • with inactive habit (≤ 3 days of physical activity per week and ≤ 30 min per session).
Exclusion Criteria
  • blind.
  • currently under diet control.
  • with any unsafety concern for their condition, such as pregnancy, myocardial infarction, stroke, or body fat percentage of ≧40%.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
web-based exerciseweb-based aerobic exerciseParticipants will receive web-based aerobic exercise (AE) training three times per week for 16 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The change of hip circumferencetwo times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is centimeters.

The change of High-density lipoprotein [HDL]two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is mg/dl

The change of fasting sugar from blood sampletwo times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is mg/dl

The change of insulin from blood sampletwo times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is μIU/mL

The change of waist circumferencetwo times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is centimeters

The change of cholesteroltwo times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is mg/dl

The change of low-density lipoprotein [LDH]two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is mg/dl

The change of weighttwo times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

weight in kilograms, will be measured using body composition analyzer

The change of body fat percentagetwo times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is %, will be measured using body composition analyzer

The change of visceral fattwo times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is square centimeters, will be measured using body composition analyzer

The change of triglycerides [TG]two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)

the unit is mg/dl

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Adherence measurementEach exercise session

Number of sessions attended/ Number of total sessions prescribed

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