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ArticleJournal of migration and health2024

Effects of a co-designed exercise and sport intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic syndrome components among individuals living in a refugee camp in Greece: A randomized controlled trial.

Florian Knappe, Konstantinia Filippou, Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis, Ioannis D Morres, Emmanouil Tzormpatzakis, Elsa Havas, Harald Seelig, Sebastian Ludyga, Flora Colledge, Marianne Meier and 4 more

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Article in Journal of migration and health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Florian KnappeDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Grosse Alle 6, Basel CH-4052, Switzerland.
Konstantinia FilippouDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala 42100, Greece.
Antonis HatzigeorgiadisDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala 42100, Greece.
Ioannis D MorresDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Thessaly, Trikala 42132, Greece.
Emmanouil TzormpatzakisDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala 42100, Greece.
Elsa HavasDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala 42100, Greece.
Harald SeeligDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Grosse Alle 6, Basel CH-4052, Switzerland.
Sebastian LudygaDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Grosse Alle 6, Basel CH-4052, Switzerland.
Flora ColledgeDepartment of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne 6005, Switzerland.
Marianne MeierInterdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland.
Yannis TheodorakisDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala 42100, Greece.
Roland von KänelDepartment of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich 8091, Switzerland.
Uwe PühseDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Grosse Alle 6, Basel CH-4052, Switzerland.
Markus GerberDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Grosse Alle 6, Basel CH-4052, Switzerland.
University of Thessaly · GRUniversity of Basel · CHUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of Lucerne · CHUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The metabolic syndrome epidemic, including in forcibly displaced individuals, requires cost-effective prevention and treatment strategies. Yet, the health needs of forcibly displaced individuals often remain underserved. Our study evaluated the effect of a co-designed exercise and sport intervention on cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic syndrome components among individuals in a refugee camp in Greece and examined the indirect effect through cardiorespiratory fitness on metabolic syndrome components. Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled trial involving an intervention and a wait-list control group with Results: In total, 62.7 % of participants presented with low cardiorespiratory fitness levels (<40th percentile), and 24.6 % met the criteria for metabolic syndrome. In the intervention group, 73.5 % attended the exercise and sport sessions at least once a week. There was evidence for a direct intervention effect on cardiorespiratory fitness, ß Conclusion: Implementing exercise and sport activities in a refugee camp in Greece effectively reaches a wider target population and improves cardiorespiratory fitness among forcibly displaced individuals. The intervention contributes to a decrease in abdominal obesity, high diastolic blood pressure and elevated triglycerides indirectly via improved cardiorespiratory fitness.

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Cardiovascular diseaseMigrantPhysical activityPublic health

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PMID38577627
PMCPMC10992696
OpenAlexW4393236706

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