Document Type
Article
Journal Title
Journal of Public Health Research
Publication Date
2021
Volume
11
Abstract
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, η2p =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 =.04, η2p=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
DOI Link
ISSN
2279-9028
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Recommended Citation
Hageman, Patricia A.; Eisenhauer, Christine; Mroz, Joseph E.; and Johnson Beller, Rebecca, "A Web-Based Intervention is Feasible for Supporting Weight Loss and Increased Activity in Rural Women with Arthritis" (2021). Journal Articles: Physical Therapy. 11.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/sahp_pt_articles/11