A web-based intervention is feasible for supporting weight loss and increased activity in rural women with arthritis.

Autor: Hageman PA; Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Allied Health Professions, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE . phageman@unmc.edu., Eisenhauer C; College of Nursing-Northern Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Norfolk, NE . ceisenhauer@unmc.edu., Mroz JE; Culturebie LLC, Ann Arbor, MI. josephm@culturebie.com., Johnson Beller R; College of Nursing-Northern Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Norfolk, NE. r.johnsonbeller@unmc.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of public health research [J Public Health Res] 2021 Sep 24; Vol. 11 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 24.
DOI: 10.4081/jphr.2021.2164
Abstrakt: Rural women have well documented health disparities, with higher prevalence of obesity and chronic conditions, including arthritis. Change in weight and actigraph-recorded data were examined in a subset of 63 of 82 women with physician-diagnosed arthritis who completed a 30-month web-based clinical trial. Repeated measures analyses showed women lost weight from baseline to six months, slowly regained at 18 and 30 months, ending with a lower weight than baseline F(1,62)=40.89, p<0.001, η2p =0.40. Of 53 women with complete data, activity increased at six months, decreased at 18 months, and increased at 30 months F(1,52)=4.14, p =.04, η2p=0.07. Women showed improved change in weight and activity from baseline at six, 18 and 30 months. This study adds support that web-based programs may promote weight loss and activity in a hard-to-reach, underserved population of midlife and older rural women with arthritis.
Databáze: MEDLINE