Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the ‘HEYMAN’ healthy lifestyle program for young men: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Ashton, Lee M.; Morgan, Philip J.; Hutchesson, Melinda J.; Rollo, Megan E.; Collins, Clare E.

doi:10.1186/s12937-017-0227-8

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Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the ‘HEYMAN’ healthy lifestyle program for young men: a pilot randomised controlled trial

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Ashton, Lee M., Morgan, Philip J., Hutchesson, Melinda J., Rollo, Megan E., Collins, Clare E.·2017·Nutrition Journal

DOI 10.1186/s12937-017-0227-8PMC PMC5237246

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BACKGROUND: In young men, unhealthy lifestyle behaviours can be detrimental to their physical and/or mental health and set them on a negative health trajectory into adulthood. Despite this, there is a lack of evidence to guide development of effective health behaviour change interventions for young men. This study assessed the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the 'HEYMAN' (Harnessing Ehealth to enhance Young men's Mental health, Activity and Nutrition) healthy lifestyle program for young men. METHODS: A pilot RCT with 50 young men aged 18-25 years randomised to the HEYMAN intervention (n = 26) or waitlist control (n = 24). HEYMAN was a 3-month intervention, targeted for young men to improve eating habits, activity levels and well-being. Intervention development was informed by a participatory research model (PRECEDE-PROCEED). Intervention components included eHealth support (website, wearable device, Facebook support group), face-to-face sessions (group and individual), a personalised food and nutrient report, home-based resistance training equipment and a portion control tool. Outcomes included: feasibility of research procedures (recruitment, randomisation, data collection and retention) and of intervention components. Generalized linear mixed models estimated the treatment effect at 3-months for the primary outcomes: pedometer steps/day, diet quality, well-being and several secondary outcomes. RESULTS: A 7-week recruitment period was required to enrol 50 young men. A retention rate of 94% was achieved at 3-months post-intervention. Retained intervention participants (n = 24) demonstrated reasonable usage levels for most program components and also reported reasonable levels of program component acceptability for attractiveness, comprehension, usability, support, satisfaction and ability to persuade, with scores ranging from 3.0 to 4.6 (maximum 5). No significant intervention effects were observed for the primary outcomes of steps/day (1012.7, 95% CI = -506.2, 2531.6, p = 0.191, d = 0.36), diet quality score (3.6, 95% CI = -0.4, 7.6, p = 0.081, d = 0.48) or total well-being score (0.4, 95% CI = -1.6, 2.5, p = 0.683, d = 0.11). Significant intervention effects were found for daily vegetable servings, energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods, MVPA, weight, BMI, fat mass, waist circumference and cholesterol (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The HEYMAN program demonstrated feasibility in assisting young men to make some positive lifestyle changes. This provides support for the conduct of a larger, fully-powered RCT, but with minor amendments to research procedures and intervention components required. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12616000350426 .

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Two of the included studies reported a significant increase in daily steps, four reported a significant increase in MVPA, and two reported a significant increase in energy expenditure for the intervention group compared with control.
“Two of the included studies [34,44] reported a significant increase in daily steps, 4 studies [30,34,36,53] reported a significant increase in MVPA, and 2 studies [45,47] reported a significant increase in energy expenditure for the intervention group compared with control.”
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The Results (Estimation of treatment effect, Table 4; page not provided) support a significant increase in MVPA relative to control. They report a significant within-group increase in steps for the intervention group, but the between-group difference in steps was not significant (p = 0.191). This source is cited for both outcomes, not for the energy-expenditure finding. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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A total of 26 studies were included across all meta-analyses.
“A total of 26 studies were included across all meta-analyses [21,22,29-48,50-53].”
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13 studies included young adults (≤39.9 years), 15 included middle-aged adults (40-64.9 years), and 1 included adults over 65 years.
“Thirteen studies included young adults (≤39.9 years) [30-34,37,38,42,44,46-48,50], 15 included middle-aged adults (40-64.9 years) [21,22,29,35,36,39-41, 43,45,51-54], and 1 study included adults aged over 65 years [49].”
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17 studies reported activity tracker adherence data, with 13 of these reporting activity tracker wear on at least 50% of the study intervention days.
“Moreover, 17 studies reported activity tracker adherence data [21,22,30,32,34,35, 37,38,40,41,43-45,50-52,54], with 13 of these studies [21,22,30,34,35,40,41,43,44,50-52,54] reporting activity tracker wear on at least 50% of the study intervention days.”
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17 studies specified that participants must have regular access to the internet, a computer, tablet, and/or smartphone.
“Furthermore, 17 studies specified that the participant must have regular access to the internet, a computer, tablet, and/or smartphone [21,30,33,35-37,39,41-47,51-53]”
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Additional file 1: of Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the â HEYMANâ healthy lifestyle program for young men: a pilot randomised controlled trial
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Authors: Ashton, L. M., Morgan, P. J., Hutchesson, M. J., Rollo, M. E., & Collins, C. E.
Affiliations: University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Corresponding author: Collins, Clare E.
ORCID: Ashton, Lee M.
Morgan, Philip J.
Hutchesson, Melinda J.
Rollo, Megan E.
Collins, Clare E.
Venue: Nutrition Journal
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2017-01-13
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Pages: 2-2
ISSN: 1475-2891 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-017-0227-8
PMC: PMC5237246
OpenAlex: W2576530535
Cited by: 111
References: 78
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 3
FWCI: 18.54
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
Locations: Nutrition Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders: Hunter Medical Research Institute (14-30)
National Health and Medical Research Council (Senior Research Fellowship)
Topics: Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Lifestyle Studies
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
Keywords: young men, healthy lifestyle intervention, e-health, physical activity, diet quality, well-being, mental health, resistance training, wearable devices, Facebook support groups, intervention feasibility, treatment acceptability, PRECEDE-PROCEED, health behavior change, university students, portion control, recruitment and retention
MeSH terms: Healthy Lifestyle, Adolescent, Adult, Body Weight, Diet, Feasibility Studies, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, New Zealand, Nutritional Status, Pilot Projects, Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Young Adult

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