Telehealth-based interventions on lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A pre-experimental study
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has impacted the health of the population. Technological advances become alternative tools for the promotion of lifestyle and prevention of non-communicable diseases in university personnel. Objective: This study analyzed the effect of an interventio...
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| author | Neidis M. Marquez Jacksaint Saintila Antonio J. Castellanos-Vazquez Roussel Dávila-Villavicencio Joel Turpo-Chaparro Jhan A. Sánchez-Tarrillo Saulo A. Salinas Arias Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla Wilter C. Morales-García |
| author_facet | Neidis M. Marquez Jacksaint Saintila Antonio J. Castellanos-Vazquez Roussel Dávila-Villavicencio Joel Turpo-Chaparro Jhan A. Sánchez-Tarrillo Saulo A. Salinas Arias Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla Wilter C. Morales-García |
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| description | Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has impacted the health of the population. Technological advances become alternative tools for the promotion of lifestyle and prevention of non-communicable diseases in university personnel. Objective: This study analyzed the effect of an intervention based on a telehealth program and investigated its efficacy in improving lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods: A pre-experimental study was conducted between August and December 2021 on 100 workers of a private university located in Tarapoto, Peru. Information was collected on lifestyle practices and beliefs, body mass index, and glucose contraction before and after the intervention. After the intervention, 78 participants were analyzed; 22 workers did not respond to the invitation. Results: Comparison between pretest and follow-up showed an increase in lifestyle practices and beliefs (from 93.33 ± 9.44 to 96.23 ± 9.32, p < 0.01), although this value is considered an unhealthy lifestyle. Moreover, a decrease in body mass index (from 25.23 ± 3.08 to 24.98 ± 2.98, p < 0.05) and glucose concentration (from 98.35 ± 6.70 to 97.45 ± 5.61, p < 0.01) was observed. Conclusion: Telehealth-based educational interventions could be effective in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which, in turn, would support improved lifestyles and adequate body mass index and glucose levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9848604371054e86a61f570e943775152022-12-22T02:25:45ZengSAGE PublishingDigital Health2055-20762022-10-01810.1177/20552076221129719Telehealth-based interventions on lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A pre-experimental studyNeidis M. Marquez0Jacksaint Saintila1Antonio J. Castellanos-Vazquez2Roussel Dávila-Villavicencio3Joel Turpo-Chaparro4Jhan A. Sánchez-Tarrillo5Saulo A. Salinas Arias6Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla7Wilter C. Morales-García8 Unidad de Salud Pública, Escuela de Posgrado, , Lima, Perú Escuela de Medicina Humana, , Chiclayo, Perú Escuela de Psicología, , Tarapoto, Perú Escuela de Enfermería, , Lima, Perú Facultad de Teología, , Lima, Perú Dirección del CRAI, , Tarapoto, Perú Escuela de Psicología, , Tarapoto, Perú Escuela de Nutrición Humana, , Lima, Perú Unidad de Salud Pública, Escuela de Posgrado, , Lima, PerúBackground: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has impacted the health of the population. Technological advances become alternative tools for the promotion of lifestyle and prevention of non-communicable diseases in university personnel. Objective: This study analyzed the effect of an intervention based on a telehealth program and investigated its efficacy in improving lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods: A pre-experimental study was conducted between August and December 2021 on 100 workers of a private university located in Tarapoto, Peru. Information was collected on lifestyle practices and beliefs, body mass index, and glucose contraction before and after the intervention. After the intervention, 78 participants were analyzed; 22 workers did not respond to the invitation. Results: Comparison between pretest and follow-up showed an increase in lifestyle practices and beliefs (from 93.33 ± 9.44 to 96.23 ± 9.32, p < 0.01), although this value is considered an unhealthy lifestyle. Moreover, a decrease in body mass index (from 25.23 ± 3.08 to 24.98 ± 2.98, p < 0.05) and glucose concentration (from 98.35 ± 6.70 to 97.45 ± 5.61, p < 0.01) was observed. Conclusion: Telehealth-based educational interventions could be effective in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which, in turn, would support improved lifestyles and adequate body mass index and glucose levels.https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221129719 |
| spellingShingle | Neidis M. Marquez Jacksaint Saintila Antonio J. Castellanos-Vazquez Roussel Dávila-Villavicencio Joel Turpo-Chaparro Jhan A. Sánchez-Tarrillo Saulo A. Salinas Arias Yaquelin E. Calizaya-Milla Wilter C. Morales-García Telehealth-based interventions on lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A pre-experimental study Digital Health |
| title | Telehealth-based interventions on lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A pre-experimental study |
| title_full | Telehealth-based interventions on lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A pre-experimental study |
| title_fullStr | Telehealth-based interventions on lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A pre-experimental study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Telehealth-based interventions on lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A pre-experimental study |
| title_short | Telehealth-based interventions on lifestyle, body mass index, and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A pre-experimental study |
| title_sort | telehealth based interventions on lifestyle body mass index and glucose concentration in university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic a pre experimental study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221129719 |
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