Exploring the Effectiveness to Web-based Exercise Among Community-dwelling Adults With High Body Fat
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The study findings can derive an effective exercise type either web-based or supervise exercise as well as build a series of exercise video that can promote self-exercise at home for health promotion for community residents.
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Detailed Description
Background: Web-based exercise is effective alternative training for community residents on health improvement; however, adherence to their performance is challenging.
Purpose: This study aimed to (1) compare the effectiveness of 16-week exercise on improving blood samples, body composition, and anthropometric parameters between web-based exercise and supervised exercise; and (2) examine the trajectory of exercise adherence of web-based exercise for attendance and intensity over time for community-dwelling adults with high body fat.
Design: A two-arm randomized control trial. Method: Participants who received 16-week supervised exercise for aerobic exercise training on 2020 in our previous project was served as one of control groups (n = 34). In present project, purposive sampling will be used to enroll a target of 66 community-dwelling residents aged 40-64 years with inactive habits and body fat percentage ≧ of 25% for males and ≧ 30% for females in study. Eligible participants will be stratified by sex and then block randomly divided into web-based exercise or a control group (without any exercise intervention). The web-based exercise will prescribe a 30-minute of aerobic exercise at least moderate intensity prescription for three times per week. Heart rate reserve and self-perceived exertion will be self-recorded on the web by participants. Generalized estimating equations will be used to explore the effectiveness of web-based exercise.
Implications: The study findings can derive an effective exercise type either web-based or supervise exercise as well as build a series of exercise video that can promote self-exercise at home for health promotion for community residents.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: web-based exercise Participants will receive web-based aerobic exercise (AE) training three times per week for 16 weeks. |
Behavioral: web-based aerobic exercise
Our designed AE program involved core muscle training through movements including marching, step touches, lunges, v-steps, box steps, twists, knee-ups, scoops, and scissors.
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| No Intervention: control group control group without any intervention. |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- The change of cholesterol [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is mg/dl
- The change of fasting sugar from blood sample [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is mg/dl
- The change of insulin from blood sample [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is μIU/mL
- The change of weight [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
weight in kilograms, will be measured using body composition analyzer
- The change of waist circumference [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is centimeters
- The change of body fat percentage [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is %, will be measured using body composition analyzer
- The change of visceral fat [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is square centimeters, will be measured using body composition analyzer
- The change of hip circumference [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is centimeters.
- The change of High-density lipoprotein [HDL] [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is mg/dl
- The change of low-density lipoprotein [LDH] [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is mg/dl
- The change of triglycerides [TG] [two times (from baseline to the end of 16-week)]
the unit is mg/dl
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Adherence measurement [Each exercise session]
Number of sessions attended/ Number of total sessions prescribed
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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aged from 40 to 64 years.
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have a body fat percentage of ≧25% if a man or ≧30% if a woman.
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can use the internet for watching the exercise video online.
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with inactive habit (≤ 3 days of physical activity per week and ≤ 30 min per session).
Exclusion Criteria:
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blind.
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currently under diet control.
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with any unsafety concern for their condition, such as pregnancy, myocardial infarction, stroke, or body fat percentage of ≧40%.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- National Tainan Junior College of Nursing
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Yu-Hsuan Chang, phD, National Tainan Junior College of Nursing
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- National Tainan Junior College