Effectiveness of structured interventional strategy for middle-aged adolescence (SISMA-PA) for preventing atherosclerotic risk factors-A study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Munusamy G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9295980 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature