Coaching and peer support
metabolic syndrome
METABOLIC SYNDROME
One nurse investigator, one trained community health volunteer, and 6–7 participants formed a peer support group. Each group took a 12-hour course provided by the research team and the metabolic syndrome experts to learn about exercise, healthy diet, behavior change, communication skills, and methods of physical measurements (body weight, height, waist circumference, and blood pressure). To empower participants to meet the goal, the peers (nurses and community health volunteers) set the same goal, provided education, and shared experience to encourage participants by phone calls or LINE messages once weekly during the first six months and once monthly thereafter.