Obesity Intervention Program for University Students

The Effects of Protectıve Nursing Interventions on Reduction of Obesity Risk In University Students: Randomized Controlled Study

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Obesity
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Protective Nursing Interventions for Reduction Obesity Risk

Detailed Description

This study has been conducted with University students in Turkey. The selected 70 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 (35 students) and control group (35 students). Applications for the experimental group for 11 weeks about nutritional habits, practices for physical activity, and motivational messages sent via social media.

Primary Outcome Measure: Nutrition-Exercise Attitude Score, Nutrition-Exercise Behavior Score, Exercise Benefit / Obstacle Score. We used some scales for evaluate the primary outcomes (The Scale of Nutrition-Exercise Attitude-Behavior, The Scale of Exercise Benefit / Obstacle).

Bady Mass Index, Waist / Hip Ratio and Body fat percentage are secondary outcomes.

The data was calculated with SPSS package program.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 70
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 19 years to 24 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 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

Exclusion Criteria:

• 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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group; 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.
Experimental: Intervention Group; 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; 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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 Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Bady Mass Index	Weight/Height Ratio	Totaly: 11 weeks
Waist / Hip	Waist / Hip Ratio	Totaly: 11 weeks
Body fat percentage		Totaly: 11 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Selcuk University
• Investigators: Study Director: Belgin Akın, Professor, Selcuk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 10, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 7, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): May 27, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 22, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 10, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): April 14, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 28, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 23, 2019
• Last Verified: March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Physical Activity; Obesity; Overweight; Nutrition; Nursing
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Overweight; Body Weight; Obesity
• Other Study ID Numbers: 15102038

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No