Feasibility of a peer-supported, WhatsApp-assisted, lifestyle modification intervention for weight reduction among adults in an urban slum of Karachi, Pakistan: a mixed-methods, single-group, pretest-post-test, quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This pilot study assessed whether a peer-supported, WhatsApp-assisted lifestyle modification intervention for weight reduction is feasible to execute a definitive trial.

Design

A mixed-methods, single group, pretest and post-test, quasi-experimental study.

Setting

Azam Basti, an urban slum in Karachi, Pakistan.

Participants

Fifty participants (males and females aged 20-60) with a body mass index of >23 kg/m², along with their nominated peers from the same family.

Intervention

Using motivational interviewing techniques, a trained nutritionist delivered the lifestyle modification intervention to the participants and peers for 3 days after the baseline assessment and then once monthly for 1 year. The intervention was delivered i

SUBMITTER: Naz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10394542 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature