Key result
SISMA-PA protocol targets BMI reduction and atherosclerosis education in overweight adolescents.
Why the study?
There is a lack of cost-effective and integrated intervention programs to prevent atherosclerotic risk factors among middle-aged adolescents in India.
School-based 12-week integrated education-PA program may reduce atherosclerotic risks in Indian adolescents; leaves open need for controlled outcome trials.
BACKGROUND: Atherosclerotic risk starts at an early stage in adolescents and interventions on adolescents' lifestyles are most important. The pandemic of obesity-related morbidities like atherosclerosis among young adults and atherosclerotic risk factors for middle-aged adolescents in India is known. Yet, there is a lack of cost-effective and integrated intervention programs to treat this important health problem. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of a 12-week structured interventional strategy program, containing integrated education and supervised physical activity interventions for middle-aged adolescents. METHODS/DESIGN: This will be a school-based pre-experimental one-group pre-post time-series research design. The sample size is estimated to include 154 adolescents of 10th to 12th grade; aged 15-17 years will be grouped as a single arm. Data will be collected from July 2021 to January 2022. The intervention duration will be 3 months. The following measures will be evaluated before, during, and after intervention: knowledge, body mass index, level of physical activity, dietary habits, and sedentary activity. DISCUSSION: We believe that the structured interventional strategy approach which includes education related to atherosclerosis, physical activity, dietary habits, and sedentary activity, and cost-effective physical activity training will be more effective in preventing atherosclerotic-related changes among middle-aged adolescents. Further, this kind of approach may be applied in similar study areas elsewhere in India. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinical Trials Registry-India (Registered Number: CTRI/2021/03/032271).
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Munusamy et al. (2022) studied Atherosclerotic risk factors (Overweight/Obesity) (n=154). Structured Interventional Strategy for Middle-aged Adolescence (SISMA-PA) vs. Baseline (single arm pre-post design) was evaluated on Changes in knowledge and the effect of physical activity on body mass index (BMI) from baseline to post-intervention. The SISMA-PA protocol outlines a 12-week integrated education and supervised physical activity intervention designed to reduce BMI and improve knowledge of atherosclerotic risk factors in overweight adolescents.
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