TY - JOUR
T1 - A web-based intervention is feasible for supporting weight loss and increased activity in rural women with arthritis
AU - Hageman, Patricia A.
AU - Eisenhauer, Christine
AU - Mroz, Joseph E.
AU - Beller, Rebecca Johnson
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© the Author(s), 2021.
PY - 2022/1/31
Y1 - 2022/1/31
N2 - Rural women have well documented health disparities, with higher prevalence of obesity and chronic conditions, including arthritis. Change in weight and actigraph-recorded data were examined in a subset of 63 of 82 women with physician-diagnosed arthritis who completed a 30-month web-based clinical trial. Repeated measures analyses showed women lost weight from baseline to six months, slowly regained at 18 and 30 months, ending with a lower weight than baseline F(1,62)=40.89, p<0.001, η2 p =0.40. Of 53 women with complete data, activity increased at six months, decreased at 18 months, and increased at 30 months F(1,52)=4.14, p =0.04, η2 p=0.07. Women showed improved change in weight and activity from baseline at six, 18 and 30 months. This study adds support that web-based programs may promote weight loss and activity in a hard-to-reach, underserved population of midlife and older rural women with arthritis.
AB - Rural women have well documented health disparities, with higher prevalence of obesity and chronic conditions, including arthritis. Change in weight and actigraph-recorded data were examined in a subset of 63 of 82 women with physician-diagnosed arthritis who completed a 30-month web-based clinical trial. Repeated measures analyses showed women lost weight from baseline to six months, slowly regained at 18 and 30 months, ending with a lower weight than baseline F(1,62)=40.89, p<0.001, η2 p =0.40. Of 53 women with complete data, activity increased at six months, decreased at 18 months, and increased at 30 months F(1,52)=4.14, p =0.04, η2 p=0.07. Women showed improved change in weight and activity from baseline at six, 18 and 30 months. This study adds support that web-based programs may promote weight loss and activity in a hard-to-reach, underserved population of midlife and older rural women with arthritis.
KW - Health behavior
KW - Health disparities
KW - Internet
KW - Physical activity
KW - Underserved population
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U2 - 10.4081/jphr.2021.2164
DO - 10.4081/jphr.2021.2164
M3 - Article
C2 - 34558881
AN - SCOPUS:85128448439
SN - 2279-9028
VL - 11
JO - Journal of Public Health Research
JF - Journal of Public Health Research
IS - 1
M1 - 2164
ER -