Evaluation of mobile phone and Internet intervention on waist circumference and blood pressure in post-menopausal women with abdominal obesity.
Source: Park, M. J. and H. S. Kim 2012 - Pubmed ID: 22265810
Setting: South Korea, Tertiary care hospital
CT -pro
Follow up: 12 weeks
Sample size:
Total: 79 (67)
IG: 42 (34)
CG: 37 (33)
Inclusion criteria:
- Women
- Abdominal obesity (WC>80 cm)
SMS
- Messaging
- Education
Webpage
- Data transfer
- Monitoring
Home monitoring
- Blood pressure
- Weight
Intervention: Patients upload clinical data to webpage. Health provider view information and conducted recommendations for patients via internet or SMS. Staff provided 3 sms/week, 2 were according to manual and included greetings on the new week on Monday and encourage of life style modification on Wednesday. Friday the staff provided individualized recommendations to the patient based on clinical data.
Duration: 12 weeks
Add on: NA
Control group: NA
Clinical effect:
- Waist circumference ↓
- Bodyweight ↓
- Blood pressure sys ↓
- Blood pressure dia ↓
- Fasting plasma glucose →
- Cholesterol ↓
Patient safety: NA
Patient experiences: NA
Staff experiences: NA
Investment:
Equipment/Materials
- Blood pressure
- Weight measure
Staff resources
- Development of webpage
Running:
Staff resources
- Training patient (30 min before intervention)
- Messaging patients with recommendations
Organization: NA
Health care utilization: NA