TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Are Effects from a Brief Multiple Behavior Intervention for College Students Sustained Over Time?
JO  - Preventive medicine
A1  - Werch, C. E.
A1  - Moore, M. J.
A1  - Bian, Hui
A1  - DiClemente, Carlo C.
A1  - Huang, I-Chan
A1  - Ames, Steven C.
A1  - Thombs, Dennis L.
A1  - Weiler, Robert M.
A1  - Pokorny, Steven B.
SP  - 30
EP  - 34
VL  - 50
IS  - 1-2
N2  - Objective: This study examined whether three-month outcomes of a brief image-based multiple behavior intervention on health habits and health-related quality of life of college students were sustained at 12-month follow-up without further intervention. Methods: A randomized control trial was conducted with 303 undergraduates attending a public university in southeastern US. Participants were randomized to receive either a brief intervention or usual care control, with baseline, three-month, and 12-month data collected during fall of 2007. Results: A significant omnibus MANOVA interaction effect was found for health-related quality of life, p=.01, with univariate interaction effects showing fewer days of poor spiritual health, social health, and restricted recent activity, p's <.05, for those receiving the brief intervention. Significant group by time interaction effects were found for driving after drinking, p=.04, and moderate exercise, p=.04, in favor of the brief intervention. Effect sizes typically increased over time and were small except for moderate size effects for social health-related quality of life. Conclusion: This study found that three-month outcomes from a brief image-based multiple behavior intervention for college students were partially sustained at 12-month follow-up.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-7435
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.12.010
ID  - ref1
ER  -