Effectiveness of an Interactive Web-Based Intervention for Lifestyle Modifying on Metabolic Syndrome: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Abstract
Background:
Lifestyle interventions have been recommended as a cornerstone treatment of metabolic syndrome. Although web-based lifestyle interventions have resulted in response to the public health problem, effectiveness and the potential of web-based interactive interventions on metabolic syndrome has not been investigated.
Objective: The aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to evaluate the effectiveness of an interactive web-based intervention on the metabolic syndrome components after 3 month lifestyle modification.
Methods:
The study is a tow-arm group randomized controlled trial. Participants were enrolled to the study by registering on the study website (http://www.Heartresearch.ir) and completing required information includes name, gender, age, waist circumference, weight, e-mail and address. Participants who meet the study criteria invited to the study. The study criteria were that people should have metabolic syndrome. Our study includes 160 participants (n=80 per arm). The intervention group used the interactive Healthy Heart Profile by archiving username and password. All participants received information on dietary intake and physical activity.
Results:
Total of 1436 (male: 928, female 508) registration records on the study web site, 171/228 (male: 111, female 60) people had metabolic syndrome and 160 people were recruited to the study.
The mean age of participants was 44.02 (10.02). At baseline, clinical, anthropometric, laboratory and lifestyle characteristics of the intervention (n=80) and control (n=80) groups were not significantly different. Compared with the control group, the intervention group showed significantly reductions in weight (P < .001) and waist circumference (P < .001).
Conclusions:the interactive web-based interventions make people with metabolic syndrome involve overcoming to the problem. The interactive internet could help to the range of at risk people by available options because it takes treatment to the people who are unaware of their problem rather than making them come to treatment.
Trial ID number: IRCT201111198132N1
Keywords:
Interactive, Web-based intervention, metabolic syndrome, randomized controlled trial
Lifestyle interventions have been recommended as a cornerstone treatment of metabolic syndrome. Although web-based lifestyle interventions have resulted in response to the public health problem, effectiveness and the potential of web-based interactive interventions on metabolic syndrome has not been investigated.
Objective: The aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to evaluate the effectiveness of an interactive web-based intervention on the metabolic syndrome components after 3 month lifestyle modification.
Methods:
The study is a tow-arm group randomized controlled trial. Participants were enrolled to the study by registering on the study website (http://www.Heartresearch.ir) and completing required information includes name, gender, age, waist circumference, weight, e-mail and address. Participants who meet the study criteria invited to the study. The study criteria were that people should have metabolic syndrome. Our study includes 160 participants (n=80 per arm). The intervention group used the interactive Healthy Heart Profile by archiving username and password. All participants received information on dietary intake and physical activity.
Results:
Total of 1436 (male: 928, female 508) registration records on the study web site, 171/228 (male: 111, female 60) people had metabolic syndrome and 160 people were recruited to the study.
The mean age of participants was 44.02 (10.02). At baseline, clinical, anthropometric, laboratory and lifestyle characteristics of the intervention (n=80) and control (n=80) groups were not significantly different. Compared with the control group, the intervention group showed significantly reductions in weight (P < .001) and waist circumference (P < .001).
Conclusions:the interactive web-based interventions make people with metabolic syndrome involve overcoming to the problem. The interactive internet could help to the range of at risk people by available options because it takes treatment to the people who are unaware of their problem rather than making them come to treatment.
Trial ID number: IRCT201111198132N1
Keywords:
Interactive, Web-based intervention, metabolic syndrome, randomized controlled trial
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