Training Program and Mobile Health Message on Promoting Family Holistic Health

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Quality of Life; Health Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Holistic health training and physical exercise messages; Behavioral: Holistic Health Training with healthy diet messages

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02645500

UW15-478

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, the investigators would use the training workshops as a capacity build method to deliver the holistic health knowledge for the trainers and ambassadors implementing and assisting the community-based programs for the public. The investigators hypothesize that the training workshops and mobile health messages would promote the health awareness and the health of the participants. The investigators would expect the participants influence the health behavior and attitude of their family members.

Full description

Holistic health is an integration and interaction of physical and psychosocial health. Positive psychology is a science of happiness, which focuses on positive emotions and personal strengths. It is used as a preventive and complementary medicine, which also is crucial component in family holistic health (happiness, harmony and health). Healthy diet can help to achieve energy balance and healthy weights. Sufficient daily consumption of fruit and vegetables, as well as limitation on the intake of sugar, salt and fat could prevent major diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers. Physical activity is believed to contribute to physical and mental health, as well as social well-being. However, physical inactivity was found to be a local and worldwide issue. and most Hong Kong people are having sedentary lifestyle. Studies show that the increase of physical activity and healthy diet reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and improve cardio-pulmonary functions; whereas sedentary behaviors increase the risk.

The Project team will schedule the training workshops for the trainers and ambassadors implementing and assisting community-based programs for the public. The investigators hypothesize that the training workshops and mobile health messages would promote the health awareness and the health of the participants. The investigators hypothesize that the training workshops promote the participants' knowledge and enhance the participants' behaviors related to family holistic health, such as positive psychology, physical activity and healthy diet. The investigators would expect the participants influence the health attitude of their family members.

Enrollment: 240 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chinese speaking
• able to complete study questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

• not fit the inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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240 participants in 2 patient groups

Physical activity message

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive training on healthy living style focusing on positive psychology, physical activity and healthy diet, and health messages related to physical activity. The training workshop include one core session and one booster session at one month. Daily messages in relation to physical activity will be sent to the participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Holistic health training and physical exercise messages

Healthy diet message

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will receive training on healthy living style focusing on positive psychology, physical activity and healthy diet, and health messages related to healthy diet . The training workshop include one core session and one booster session at one month. Daily messages in relation to healthy diet will be sent to the participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Holistic Health Training with healthy diet messages