Changes in Weight and Health-Related Behavior Using Smartphone Applications in Patients With Colorectal Polyps
- Title
- Changes in Weight and Health-Related Behavior Using Smartphone Applications in Patients With Colorectal Polyps
- Author
- 김홍배
- Keywords
- colorectal polyp; health behavior; physical activity; smartphone app; weight loss
- Issue Date
- 2019-05
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR, v. 51, no. 5, page. 539-546
- Abstract
- Objective: To assess the effectiveness of using a smartphone application for weight loss as well as a change in health-related behavior in patients with colorectal polyps over 3 months.
Design: Randomized, controlled pilot trial.
Setting: The Department of Family Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
Participants: Adults aged 25-65 years who were diagnosed with colorectal polyps.
Interventions: A comparison of smartphone application data, with exercise and food intake diary data over 3 months.
Main Outcome Measures: Primary outcomes were weight reduction and an increase in physical activity. Secondary outcomes included changes in dietary intake, such as that of vegetables, fruits, and fatty food.
Analysis: Student t test was used for continuous variables, and chi-square test for categorical variables.
Results: Participants using the smartphone application experienced significant weight reduction compared with participants in the control group (mean change = -1.25 vs -0.42 kg; SD = 0.42 vs 1.23 kg). Moreover, use of the application and strict adherence to it significantly increased the level of physical activity (mean change = 1.57 vs 0.71 strenuous exercises/wk; SD = 1.09 vs 0.96 strenuous exercise/wk).
Conclusions and Implications: Smartphone applications could be potential tools for weight control and physical activity in patients with colorectal polyps. Future larger randomized, controlled trials over a prolonged period are warranted to confirm these findings.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1499404619300946?via%3Dihubhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/160420
- ISSN
- 1499-4046; 1878-2620
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jneb.2019.02.002
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