Adherence and Attrition in a Web-Based Lifestyle Intervention for People with Metabolic Syndrome.

• প্রধান লেখক: Leila Jahangiry (Author), Davoud Shojaeizadeh (Author), Ali Montazeri (Author), Mahdi Najafi (Author), Kazem Mohammad (Author), Mehdi Yaseri (Author)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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• Notes: 2251-6085; 2251-6093
• Keywords: Adherence; Attrition; Metabolic syndrome; R controlled trial; Web-based intervention; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 43, Iss 9 (2014)

The aim of this study was to determine adherence and attrition rates in a lifestyle intervention for people with metabolic syndrome.Adherence and attrition data from a randomized controlled trial were collected. Participants were classified as adherence group if they completed assessments at 3 and 6 months follow-up and as attrition group if they did not. Physical activity and quality of life was measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) was used to explore predictors of attrition.The mean age of participants (n=160) was 44.1 years. Attrition rate in the intervention and control groups at first follow-up were the same (20%). However, the control group had significantly higher attrition rate (%33.7) compared to the intervention group (%20) at 6 months follow up. Results showed that low educated participants were more likely to not stay in the study than better educated participants (OR=2.95,CI:1.39-6.33,P=0.05). According with length of the study, attrition was decreased at six month (OR=0.66,CI:0.52-0.83,P