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A Randomised Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Administration of the Health Improvement Card as a Health Promotion Tool: A Physiotherapist-led Community-based Initiative v1
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This study describes a physiotherapy-led health promotion project in Shanghai. A randominsed controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the administration of the Health Improvement Card (HIC) on lifestyle practices and biometric variables in community-dwelling Chinese participants. Adults living in Shanghai were randomly assigned to either the HIC-intervention or control group. Measurements / assessments were conducted at baseline and three-month follow-up. Supervised physiotherapy students administered the HIC and four standardised questionnaires related to health and wellbeing. Both groups received a health promotion education pamphlet. Based on participants’ HIC biometric and lifestyle scores, students prescribed lifestyle and exercise advice to the HIC-intervention group. This is the first study to demonstrate that HIC-informed health promotion education can improve people’s lifestyle practices, thereby, objective biometric variables.
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Title: A Randomised Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Administration of the Health Improvement Card as a Health Promotion Tool: A Physiotherapist-led Community-based Initiative v1
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This study describes a physiotherapy-led health promotion project in Shanghai.
A randominsed controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the administration of the Health Improvement Card (HIC) on lifestyle practices and biometric variables in community-dwelling Chinese participants.
Adults living in Shanghai were randomly assigned to either the HIC-intervention or control group.
Measurements / assessments were conducted at baseline and three-month follow-up.
Supervised physiotherapy students administered the HIC and four standardised questionnaires related to health and wellbeing.
Both groups received a health promotion education pamphlet.
Based on participants’ HIC biometric and lifestyle scores, students prescribed lifestyle and exercise advice to the HIC-intervention group.
This is the first study to demonstrate that HIC-informed health promotion education can improve people’s lifestyle practices, thereby, objective biometric variables.
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