NCT05694143

the Effectiveness of Health Literacy Intervention Among Middle Eastern Adolescents in Malaysia

The Effectiveness Of Health Literacy Intervention On Physical Activity And Healthy Diet Among Middle Eastern Adolescents In Malaysia

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Malaya · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In Malaysia, Middle Eastern adolescents are going through changes in living status, yet few studies show that overweight and obesity are prevalent among Arabic secondary school students. There have not been any intervention studies among Middle Eastern adolescents in Malaysia. The current study aims to determine the effects of an intervention program on physical activity and healthy diet behavior among Middle Eastern adolescent students in Arabic schools in Malaysia

Detailed description

A cluster randomized controlled study will be conducted among 250 Middle Eastern adolescent students in Arabic schools in Malaysia. The intervention and control schools will be selected and allocated randomly. The intervention group will have six weeks of fortnightly six sessions (45 minutes), while the control group will have their regular curriculums and normal physical activity routine. Anthropometric questionnaires include knowledge, attitude, and practice of lifestyle, physical activity, adolescent sedentary activity, food assessment, and health belief model questionnaire. Data will be collected from intervention and control groups at baseline, post-intervention, and tow month follow-up after the intervention. Data will be analyzed by using the (SPSS) software version 25. Descriptive statistics will be used to distribute and summarize the data. The normality of variables will be tested by The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the Skewness \& Kurtosis test. A P-value \< 0.05 will be considered statistically significant. One Way ANOVA will be used to determine whether any significant within group differences existed over time for the selected variables if the data is normally distributed, while Friedman's test will be used if the data is not normally distributed. Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) will be used to test the effect of the intervention program for the selected variables (outcomes) between \& within-group at baseline, six weeks, and one month after intervention which is adjusted for clustering

Conditions

• Adolescents Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Education Intervention	This intervention is based on the Health Belief Model Theory, which examines the attitudes and beliefs of adolescents with enhanced knowledge and perceived disease risk. As a result, It aims to build on adolescents' skills and behaviours rather than increase their knowledge, beliefs, and relative skills. In order to develop the education program, health promotion experts with a special interest in changing obesity-related behaviours will assist the researcher. The intervention is specifically designed to help adolescents: * To know facts, statistics and harmful effects of obesity and overweight. * To know facts about physical activity and its importance. * To know facts about a healthy diet and its importance. * Definition of BMI and calculating the BMI. * To read the Nutrition Facts label. * To develop decision-making and self-care education.
OTHER	No Intervention	They will have their regular curriculums and normal physical activity routine

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-05-01
• Completion: 2024-10-01
• First posted: 2023-01-23
• Last updated: 2023-01-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia