'Red Ruby': An interactive web-based intervention for lifestyle modification on metabolic syndrome: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jahangiry, Leila ^a   Shojaeizadeh, Davoud ^b   Najafi, Mahdi ^c   Mohammad, Kazem ^b   Abbasalizad Farhangi, Mahdieh ^a   Montazeri, Ali ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904530609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-748     Document Type: Article

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