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Health and quality of life among women after participation in a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention: with a pandemic perspective

Scientific Reports · 7 authors, 2 centres

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Women perceived higher health-related quality of life directly after the intervention, but this reversed at 6-month follow-up.

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Women perceived higher health-related quality of life directly after the intervention, but this reversed at 6-month follow-up. Quality of life remained stable during the pandemic. Systolic blood pressure decreased at 6-month post-intervention. Participants continued physical activity during the pandemic by increasing everyday activities such as stair climbing and walking. Environmental health domain scores improved, reflecting increased trust in the health care system.

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PMC10589350

Health and quality of life among women after participation in a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention: with a pandemic perspective

Scientific Reports

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Abstract The lack of culturally and contextually oriented interventions promoting physical activity (PA) has led to increased physical inactivity among women living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Sweden. In this study one such intervention informed by community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been evaluated among 34 women from a disadvantaged neighbourhood before and during COVID-19. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL), behavioural and biomedical outcomes were assessed directly prior and post-intervention, followed by evaluations at 6-months and 18-months follow-up during COVID-19. The results revealed that HRQOL, particularly psychological, social, and environmental health significantly increased post-intervention compared to prior to intervention but reversed back at 6-months follow-up. Perceived health satisfaction and environmental health increased at 18-months follow-up during COVID-19. Participation in PA improved post-intervention and at 6-months follow-up. Everyday activities and fruit and vegetable intake continued to increase through all timepoints. Systolic blood pressure significantly decreased post-intervention and 6-months follow-up; blood flow rate increased significantly at all timepoints. Overall, the findings underscores the potential effectiveness of CBPR approaches in promoting and sustaining healthy lifestyles, even during acute situations such as the COVID-19. It may even serve as a future model for promoting health and addressing health disparities in similar groups. Subject terms: Risk factors, Health care

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Rathi Ramji, Margareta Rämgård, Elisabeth Carlson et al.. Health and quality of life among women after participation in a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention: with a pandemic perspective. Scientific Reports. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45239-4

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Rathi Ramji, Margareta Rämgård, Elisabeth Carlson, Sergey Shleev, Eman Awad, Stefan Cirovic, Anders Kottorp

1Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Jan Waldenströms Gata 25, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
2Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Jan Waldenströms Gata 25, 20506 Malmö, Sweden