Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle
IntroductionOverweight, obesity, and their associated health complications have become a major public health issue. Online approaches have been rarely attempted to address the problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using social media networking for people living with ove...
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| author | Alend Saadi Alend Saadi Jean-Marc Fellrath Jean-Marc Fellrath Joanna Bec-Moussally Chrysoula Papastathi-Boureau Céline Blanc Valentin Courtine Léo Vanini Marc Marechal Florence Authier Bertrand Curty Pierre Fournier Pierre Fournier Michele Diana Michele Diana Stéphane Saillant Stéphane Saillant |
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| description | IntroductionOverweight, obesity, and their associated health complications have become a major public health issue. Online approaches have been rarely attempted to address the problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using social media networking for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle with a three-month multidisciplinary healthcare program. Effectiveness was assessed through questionnaires on patient-related outcome measures (PROMs).Materials and methodsTwo non-profit associations designed the program delivered to people living with overweight and obesity in a closed group via Facebook, the popular social network. The three-month program had three main axes, namely nutrition, psychology, and physical activity. Anthropomorphic data and sociodemographic profiles were collected. Quality of life (QoL) was assessed at the beginning and at the end of the intervention using PROM questionnaires for six different domains, i.e., body image, eating behavior, physical, sexual, social, and psychological functioning.ResultsSix hundred and twenty persons participated in the program; 567 persons consented for the study, and 145 completed the questionnaires entirely. QoL was significantly improved in five out of six domains, i.e., body image, eating behavior, as well as physical, sexual, and psychological functioning. The improvement was valid regardless of age, gender, initial body mass index, person with or without children, educational level (primary versus secondary versus high school), and occupation (employment compared to unemployment or any kind of social assistance). In multivariate analysis, living as a couple was an independent factor correlated to a positive progression in four domains, i.e., body image, eating behavior, as well as physical, and psychological functioning.ConclusionThis study showed that an online lifestyle intervention might be a promising way of improving the quality of life of people living with overweight or obesity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-39b3c10ae96646abb302f62d0157a7e42023-06-12T04:39:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-06-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.11618511161851Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyleAlend Saadi0Alend Saadi1Jean-Marc Fellrath2Jean-Marc Fellrath3Joanna Bec-Moussally4Chrysoula Papastathi-Boureau5Céline Blanc6Valentin Courtine7Léo Vanini8Marc Marechal9Florence Authier10Bertrand Curty11Pierre Fournier12Pierre Fournier13Michele Diana14Michele Diana15Stéphane Saillant16Stéphane Saillant17Department of Surgery, Neuchâtel Hospital, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandFaculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Surgery, Neuchâtel Hospital, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandFaculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandLigue Pulmonaire Neuchateloise, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Surgery, Neuchâtel Hospital, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandLigue Pulmonaire Neuchateloise, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandLigue Pulmonaire Neuchateloise, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandLigue Pulmonaire Neuchateloise, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandLigue Pulmonaire Neuchateloise, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandEspace Nutrition, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandCentre Médical de La Côte, Corcelles, SwitzerlandService de Chirurgie, Hôpital de Nyon, Nyon, SwitzerlandService de Chirurgie Viscérale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, SwitzerlandIRCAD, Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer, Strasbourg, France0Department of Surgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, FranceFaculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland1Département de Psychiatrie Générale et de Liaison, Centre Neuchâtelois de Psychiatrie, Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandIntroductionOverweight, obesity, and their associated health complications have become a major public health issue. Online approaches have been rarely attempted to address the problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using social media networking for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle with a three-month multidisciplinary healthcare program. Effectiveness was assessed through questionnaires on patient-related outcome measures (PROMs).Materials and methodsTwo non-profit associations designed the program delivered to people living with overweight and obesity in a closed group via Facebook, the popular social network. The three-month program had three main axes, namely nutrition, psychology, and physical activity. Anthropomorphic data and sociodemographic profiles were collected. Quality of life (QoL) was assessed at the beginning and at the end of the intervention using PROM questionnaires for six different domains, i.e., body image, eating behavior, physical, sexual, social, and psychological functioning.ResultsSix hundred and twenty persons participated in the program; 567 persons consented for the study, and 145 completed the questionnaires entirely. QoL was significantly improved in five out of six domains, i.e., body image, eating behavior, as well as physical, sexual, and psychological functioning. The improvement was valid regardless of age, gender, initial body mass index, person with or without children, educational level (primary versus secondary versus high school), and occupation (employment compared to unemployment or any kind of social assistance). In multivariate analysis, living as a couple was an independent factor correlated to a positive progression in four domains, i.e., body image, eating behavior, as well as physical, and psychological functioning.ConclusionThis study showed that an online lifestyle intervention might be a promising way of improving the quality of life of people living with overweight or obesity.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1161851/fullobesityoverweightPROMsocial medialifestyleinternet |
| spellingShingle | Alend Saadi Alend Saadi Jean-Marc Fellrath Jean-Marc Fellrath Joanna Bec-Moussally Chrysoula Papastathi-Boureau Céline Blanc Valentin Courtine Léo Vanini Marc Marechal Florence Authier Bertrand Curty Pierre Fournier Pierre Fournier Michele Diana Michele Diana Stéphane Saillant Stéphane Saillant Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle Frontiers in Public Health obesity overweight PROM social media lifestyle internet |
| title | Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle |
| title_full | Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle |
| title_fullStr | Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle |
| title_short | Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle |
| title_sort | using patient reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle |
| topic | obesity overweight PROM social media lifestyle internet |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1161851/full |
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