Metaverse-Based Healthy Life Program for Youth (MetaYouth)

Ayşegül İşler Dalgıç

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Stress, Emotional; Physical Inactivity; Healthy Lifestyle; Healthy Nutrition; Health Risk Behaviors; Healthy Eating Index; Non Communicable Diseases; Health-Related Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: MetaHealth Group; Behavioral: MobileHealth Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05332886

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned within the scope of the call titled "Non-communicable diseases risk reduction in adolescence and youth (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - GACD)" with identity number HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-07-03. The purpose of this project; is to determine the effect of the Metaverse-Based Healthy Life Program to be developed in the project to support youths in decreasing future risks of developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and in gaining healthy lifestyle behaviors (HLBs).

Full description

The project consists of three phases. Phase 1 Testing the content, quality, reliability, and usability of the "Metaverse-Based Healthy Life Program for Youth" to be developed within the scope of the project Phase 2 Identifying youth at high risk of chronic non-communicable diseases in the research population Phase 3 Evaluating the effect of "Metaverse-Based Healthy Life Program for Youth" implementation on inculcating healthy lifestyle behaviors in youth

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a university student in the project partner countries and not older than 24,
• Having a score of 130 or lower on the HLBS II in the first stage of the research,
• Determining that BMI ≥ 25-34.99 kg/m2 in the first stage of the research and
• Using a smartwatch during the research,
• Accepting to participate in the research voluntarily

Exclusion criteria

• Having chronic diseases (asthma, diabetes, heart, kidney failure, hypertension, cancer, etc.)
• Those who have a drug that they use constantly
• Having a psychiatric diagnosis (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc.)
• Having a disease that prevents the use of metaverse (vertigo, vision, hearing, etc.)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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600 participants in 2 patient groups

MetaHealth Group

Experimental group

Description:

It is intervention group that aims to provide youth with healthy lifestyle behaviors by using metaverse technology.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MetaHealth Group

MobileHealth Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

It is comparator group that aims to provide youth with healthy lifestyle behaviors by using mobile application materials with digital health education will be given to the MobileHealth Group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MobileHealth Group