Previously submitted to: Journal of Medical Internet Research (no longer under consideration since Apr 15, 2022)
Date Submitted: Nov 9, 2021
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Korea Mobile Healthcare National Program on Risk Factors of Metabolic Syndrome: A Multicenter Retrospective Study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Following the confirmation of the effect of the pilot of the Korea Mobile Healthcare National Program in 2016, the program has been conducted annually since 2018 to improve the risk factors for metabolic syndrome. However, since this implementation began, the program has not been evaluated.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to retrospectively investigate the results of the Korea Mobile Healthcare National Program in 2018 and 2019.
Methods:
Health behavior of participants with risk factors for metabolic syndrome were managed using a mobile app for 24 weeks and feedback was provided. Paired t-test and chi squared test were used for comparing results before and after 24 weeks.
Results:
Of the 8,712 participants enrolled in 2018, 7,619 completed the 24 weeks program while 10,990 of the 12,447 participants enrolled in 2019 completed the program. After the program, over 60% participants had improvement in one or more risk factors (63.09% in 2018, 65.85% in 2019). There was a statistically significant improvement in the proportion of participants who had each risk factor (blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and waist circumference) in both 2018 and 2019 (p < .001). The average value of each risk factor also improved in a positive direction.
Conclusions:
This study showed that the Korea Mobile Healthcare National Program may contribute to improvement in the risk factors for metabolic syndrome.
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