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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2018 Jan 15;18(1):134.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5025-5.

Digital Media-based Health Intervention on the promotion of Women's physical activity: a quasi-experimental study

Nooshin Peyman  1 , Majid Rezai-Rad  2 , Hadi Tehrani  3 , Mahdi Gholian-Aval  1 , Mohammad Vahedian-Shahroodi  1 , Hamid Heidarian Miri  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Digital Media-based Health Intervention on the promotion of Women's physical activity: a quasi-experimental study

Nooshin Peyman et al. BMC Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Technological advances have caused poor mobility and lower physical activity among humankind. This study was conducted to assess the impact of a digital media-based (multi-media, internet, and mobile phone) health intervention on promotion of women's physical activity.

Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 360 women were divided into case and control groups. The digital media-based educational intervention was conducted in two months in the case group electronically, using mail and Internet and telephone platforms. Physical activity was measured using International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) that estimated women's physical activity rate in the previous week. Data was analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics (ANOVA, chi-square, paired and independent t-tests) using SPSS 20.

Results: The mean score of knowledge, attitude and level of physical activity in the control group were not significantly different before and after the intervention. While in the case group, this difference before and after the intervention was significant (p < 0.001), and mean scores of the above-mentioned factors increased after the intervention.

Conclusions: Using innovative and digital media-based health education can be effective in improving health-based behavior such as physical activity. Therefore, it seems necessary to develop user-based strategies and strengthen the behavioral change theories and hypotheses based on digital media for effective influence on behavior.

Trial registration: Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT), IRCT20160619028529N5 . Registered December 24, 2017 [retrospectively registered].

Keywords: Fitness; Health behavior; Health education; Health promotion; International physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ); Physical activity; Women.

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Conflict of interest statement

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The present study was accepted by the ethics committee of Mashhad University of Medical Science. Written informed consents were obtained from all the study participation. Moreover, they were assured that all the information would be kept confidential and would not be revealed unless for research purposes and in an anonymous form. Participants were allowed to decline participation at any stage of the investigation.

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Not applicable

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The authors declared no competing interests.

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Flow chart of the study
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Mean of Women’s Physical Activity before and after Intervention in Control and Case Groups
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