The effectiveness of lifestyle training program promoting adolescent health with polycystic ovarian syndrome: A study protocol for a randomized controlled study
نویسندگان
1 Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6 Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Lifestyle training is of a key important in adolescent age for better life in the future.Healthy lifestyle in adolescents can management of any disease such as diabetes and polycysticovarian syndrome (PCOS). Schools can provide an important environment to identify and changethe lifestyle of students. The aim of this protocol is designing and evaluating the effectiveness ofschool‑based lifestyle training program improving the PCOS of adolescents.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cluster‑randomized controlled trial will be conducted to examinethe effectiveness of school‑based lifestyle training program in 16 to 18 years old adolescent girls.The healthy lifestyle program will be designed by modification of behavioral habit, dietary intake,and physical activity and educated in eight sessions for adolescents and one session for parents inthe intervention groups with sixty participants.RESULTS: Changes in primary and secondary outcomes in PCOS and healthy adolescentsbefore and after intervention in the intervention and control groups will be analyzed for evaluationeffectiveness by one‑way ANOVA or other nonparametric equivalents.CONCLUSION: The current study will provide information on the effectiveness of school‑basedlifestyle training programs for adolescents. With increasing numbers of PCOS at risk for long‑termand/or late effects of treatment and other chronic diseases, efforts for promoting the healthy lifestyleof this important group are urgently needed. This lifestyle program may provide valuable informationrelating to the development of other healthy lifestyle interventions for PCOS and result in appropriatebehavior change and self‑management strategies.
