Effect of Health Education Intervention on Promoting Healthy Lifestyles for Undergraduate Female Students at Northern Border University in Saudi Arabia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 250
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- 1. Improve Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Obesity
研究概览
简要总结
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Saudi Arabia has seen a more astonishing rise in obesity. Young females have a considerable prevalence of unhealthy dietary practices and lack of knowledge about healthy and energy-dense foods. Additionally, in Saudi Arabia, the levels of physical inactivity ranged from about one-third to as high as 70% of the population. The current study aims to determine the effects of combined health education and motivational message intervention on promoting healthy lifestyles and body composition markers for undergraduate female students who suffer from obesity at Northern Border University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
详细描述
A cluster randomized controlled study will be conducted among 250 undergraduate female students aged (18-24) in Northern Border University. The intervention and control faculties will be selected and allocated randomly. The intervention group will have six weeks of fortnightly six sessions (45 minutes), while the control group will have their regular curriculums and normal physical activity routine. The research instruments include socio-demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, and questionnaires about knowledge, attitude, and practice of obesity, physical activity, dietary intake, dietary quality, diet and eating behaviour, and disordered eating. Data will be collected from intervention and control groups at baseline, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up after the intervention. Data will be analyzed by using the (SPSS) software version 26. Descriptive statistics will be used to distribute and summarize the data. A Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) will be used to test the effect of the intervention program for the selected variables (outcomes) between and within the group at baseline, six weeks, and one month after intervention, which is adjusted for clustering.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 24 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Female undergraduate students.
- •Saudi students.
- •Aged between 18-24 years.
- •Categorized with a BMI greater than 25.
排除标准
- •Pregnant students
- •Students with diseases on treatment such as asthma, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, fractures, cirrhosis, or other diseases.
- •Students with any medical condition who not allowed to do physical activity.
结局指标
主要结局
1. Improve Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Obesity
时间窗: [Time Frame: Timepoint 1 = Baseline. Repeated measurement: Timepoint 2 = week 12 (12-week post-intervention)]]
The knowledge, attitude, and practice of obesity will be measured using a self-report instrument knowledge, attitudes, and practices questionnaire (KAPQ) modified by Laar et al. (2020). The questionnaire will consist of close-ended questions divided into three sections: The knowledge section will cover participants' understanding of obesity, its causes, consequences, and prevention strategies. The attitudes section will capture participants' feelings and opinions towards overweight obesity. Some of the items under this section will include how participants feel about their body shape, weight, and diet. The last section will capture participants' practices related to obesity, including the frequency of consumption of fast foods, sweets, refined carbohydrate foods, vegetables, and fruits.
2. Change the Body mass index (BMI)
时间窗: [Time Frame: Timepoint 1 = Baseline. Repeated measurement: Timepoint 2 = week 12 (12-week post-intervention)]]
The Body mass index (BMI) will be report in kg/m\^2 by using the following formula (BMI = kg/m2 where kg is a person's weight in kilograms and m2 is their height in metres squared). Body weight will be measured using Omron HBF 375 to the nearest 0.1 kg. SECA body meter 206 will be employed to measure their heights to the nearest 0.1 cm. Body mass index (BMI) will be classified into (underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity). If the BMI is less than 18.5, it falls within the underweight range. If the BMI is 18.5 to \<25, it falls within the healthy weight range. If the BMI is 25.0 to \<30, it falls within the overweight range. If the BMI is 30.0 or higher, it falls within the obesity range.
次要结局
- 3. Improve the Physical Activity.([Time Frame: Timepoint 1 = Baseline. Repeated measurement: Timepoint 2 = week 12 (12-week post-intervention)]])
- 4. Change Dietary Intake, Dietary Quality, Diet and Eating Behavioural([Time Frame: Timepoint 1 = Baseline. Repeated measurement: Timepoint 2 = week 12 (12-week post-intervention)]])
- 5. Improve Disordered Eating([Time Frame: Timepoint 1 = Baseline. Repeated measurement: Timepoint 2 = week 12 (12-week post-intervention)]])
- 6. Change Sedentary Activity([Time Frame: Timepoint 1 = Baseline. Repeated measurement: Timepoint 2 = week 12 (12-week post-intervention)]])
研究者
Hanan Alzarea
Principal Investigator
Universiti Putra Malaysia