Delivery of telehealth nutrition and physical activity interventions to adults living in rural areas: a scoping review

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Review

Leanne J. Brown¹  Jaimee Herbert¹  Tracy Schumacher¹  Erin D. Clarke²  Clare E. Collins³ 

[1] School of Health Sciences (Nutrition and Dietetics), Department of Rural Health, University of Newcastle, 114/148 Johnston St, 2340, North Tamworth, NSW, Australia;School of Health Sciences (Nutrition and Dietetics), University of Newcastle, ATC 205, ATC Building, University Drive Callaghan, 2308, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;School of Health Sciences (Nutrition and Dietetics), University of Newcastle, ATC 310, ATC Building, University Drive Callaghan, 2308, Newcastle, NSW, Australia;

关键词: Nutrition;    Physical activity;    Telehealth;    Rural;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12966-023-01505-2

 received in 2023-05-01, accepted in 2023-08-20,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLifestyle behaviours related to smoking, alcohol, nutrition, and physical activity are leading risk factors for the development of chronic disease. For people in rural areas, access to individualised lifestyle services targeting behaviour change may be improved by using telehealth. However, the scope of literature investigating telehealth lifestyle behaviour change interventions for rural populations is unknown, making it difficult to ascertain whether telehealth interventions require adaptation for rural context via a systematic review. This scoping review aimed to address this gap, by mapping existing literature describing telehealth lifestyle interventions delivered to rural populations to determine if there is scope for systematic review of intervention effectiveness in this research topic.MethodsThe PRISMA extension for scoping review checklist guided the processes of this scoping review. A search of eight electronic databases reported in English language until June 2023 was conducted. Eligible studies included adults (18 years and over), who lived in rural areas of high-income countries and undertook at least one synchronous (video or phone consultation) telehealth intervention that addressed either addictive (smoking or alcohol), or non-addictive lifestyle behaviours (nutrition or physical activity). Studies targeting addictive and non-addictive behaviours were separated after full text screening to account for the involvement of addictive substances in smoking and alcohol studies that may impact behaviour change interventions described. Studies targeting nutrition and/or physical activity interventions are presented here.ResultsThe search strategy identified 17179 citations across eight databases, with 7440 unique citations once duplicates were removed. Full texts for 492 citations were retrieved and screened for inclusion with 85 publications reporting on 73 studies eligible for data extraction and analysis. Of this, addictive behaviours were comprised of 15 publications from 13 studies. Non-addictive behaviours included 70 publications from 58 studies and are reported here. Most interventions were delivered within the United States of America (n = 43, 74.1%). The most common study design reported was Randomised Control Trial (n = 27, 46.6%). Included studies involved synchronous telehealth interventions targeting nutrition (11, 18.9%), physical activity (5, 8.6%) or nutrition and physical activity (41, 70.7%) and were delivered predominately via videoconference (n = 17, 29.3%).ConclusionsDespite differences in intervention characteristics, the number of randomised control trials published suggests sufficient scope for future systematic reviews to determine intervention effectiveness related to nutrition and physical activity telehealth interventions for rural populations.Trial registrationThe scoping review protocol was not pre-registered.

【 授权许可】

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© BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2023

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