Delivery of telehealth nutrition and physical activity interventions to adults living in rural areas: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifestyle behaviours related to smoking, alcohol, nutrition, and physical activity are leading risk factors for the development of chronic disease. For people in rural areas, access to individualised lifestyle services targeting behaviour change may be improved by using telehealth. However, the scope of literature investigating telehealth lifestyle behaviour change interventions for rural populations is unknown, making it difficult to ascertain whether telehealth interventions require adaptation for rural context via a systematic review. This scoping review aimed to address this gap, by mapping existing literature describing telehealth lifestyle interventions delivered to rural populations to determine if there is scope for systematic review of intervention effectiveness

SUBMITTER: Herbert J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504780 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature