Behavioral Intervention to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

Not Applicable

Completed

Interventions: Behavioral: motivational interviewing
Behavioral: general health education

Brief Summary: in this study to "the investigators aim to improve lifestyle behaviors through behavioral interventions. Participants will be assigned to one of two groups. both groups will be asked to complete online survey before and after a 6 virtual session (twice weekly)

Detailed Description: Participants were randomly assigned into two groups (motivational interviewing intervention or attention group), using a (1:1) computer-generated randomization program (www.graphpad.com).

motivational interviewing intervention: Each session contained a different component and topic that included substance abuse, physical activity, healthy sleep, stress management, nutrition and social support. The components in order were randomized for each participant. Interviews were conducted using a video meeting platform (Zoom Video Communications Inc., 2016); with both video and audio function enabled while, participants were giving the choice to refuse video calls should they desire. Alternative session delivery method, such as phone calls were used and documented based on participant request.

attention group: received the same amount of virtual session equivalent to MI form. However, the structure of the sessions consisted of brief advice to promote healthy lifestyle delivered by different therapists. The therapist firmly and clearly discussed general lifestyle health topics and provided educational materials during each session

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
motivational interviewing	motivational interviewing	-
attention group	general health education	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
session duration - descriptive	immediately after the intervention	reported as the average session time for intervention group or attention group
retention rates - descriptive	immediately after the intervention	reported as the number of participants completing all study sessions
recruitment rate - descriptive	immediately after the intervention	reported as the number of participants' consented divide by the number of people that were invited to participate

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
physical activity and sedentary behavior - questionnaire	outcome measure was assessed at baseline and within 7 days from the last study session	measured via Global Physical Activity. physical activity level was calculated based on responses. sedentary behavior was reported as average sitting time per day.
dietary habits - questionnaire	outcome measure was assessed at baseline and within 7 days from the last study session	via food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). data reported as count
social support - questionnaire	outcome measure was assessed at baseline and within 7 days from the last study session	via Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social Support Survey. This tool contains 19 questions, and higher score indicates more social support
psychosocial distress - questionnaire	outcome measure was assessed at baseline and within 7 days from the last study session	via Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). score range from 10 to 50 and higher scores reflecting higher psychological distress
sleep - questionnaire	outcome measure was assessed at baseline and within 7 days from the last study session	via Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). score ranges from 0 to 21. Poor sleepers have ≥ 5 scores as a cut-off global score
fear of COVID-19 - questionnaire	outcome measure was assessed at baseline and within 7 days from the last study session	via Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S). score ranging from 7 to 35. The higher score indicates a higher fear of COVID-19

Locations (1): Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia