Effects of the Participatory Action Research on Reducing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Women

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a participatory action research (PAR) on reducing the metabolic syndrome risk factors among the Koran adult women. The effectiveness of the PAR intervention was examined using a one-group pretest-post-test design. The data were collected from 58 adult wome...

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Autor principal:	Yong-Sook Eo
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	participatory action research metabolic syndrome adult women psychosocial factors health behavior Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e0044cd140c74961b21c4419350775862021-11-11T16:15:13ZEffects of the Participatory Action Research on Reducing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Women10.3390/ijerph1821111031660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/e0044cd140c74961b21c4419350775862021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11103https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a participatory action research (PAR) on reducing the metabolic syndrome risk factors among the Koran adult women. The effectiveness of the PAR intervention was examined using a one-group pretest-post-test design. The data were collected from 58 adult women living in a community health center in Ulsan, Korea, between May and November 2016. The psychosocial factors (empowerment, social support, and quality of life), metabolic-related indices, and health behaviors were collected to measure the intervention’s efficiency. After applying it, the participants’ empowerment, social support, and health-related quality of life increased significantly, as compared to the pre-test. Furthermore, their metabolic-related indices improved significantly in the post-test, as compared to the pre-test. Therefore, the PAR intervention was found to be effective in enhancing the psychosocial factors, metabolic-related indices, and health behaviors in the aforementioned population and could be applied to other community health centers.Yong-Sook EoMDPI AGarticleparticipatory action researchmetabolic syndromeadult womenpsychosocial factorshealth behaviorMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11103, p 11103 (2021)
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description	This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a participatory action research (PAR) on reducing the metabolic syndrome risk factors among the Koran adult women. The effectiveness of the PAR intervention was examined using a one-group pretest-post-test design. The data were collected from 58 adult women living in a community health center in Ulsan, Korea, between May and November 2016. The psychosocial factors (empowerment, social support, and quality of life), metabolic-related indices, and health behaviors were collected to measure the intervention’s efficiency. After applying it, the participants’ empowerment, social support, and health-related quality of life increased significantly, as compared to the pre-test. Furthermore, their metabolic-related indices improved significantly in the post-test, as compared to the pre-test. Therefore, the PAR intervention was found to be effective in enhancing the psychosocial factors, metabolic-related indices, and health behaviors in the aforementioned population and could be applied to other community health centers.
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title	Effects of the Participatory Action Research on Reducing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Women
title_short	Effects of the Participatory Action Research on Reducing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Women
title_full	Effects of the Participatory Action Research on Reducing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Women
title_fullStr	Effects of the Participatory Action Research on Reducing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Women
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Effects of the Participatory Action Research on Reducing the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Women

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