The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention as a Workplace Health Promotion Program on Weight Loss

Weight Loss Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Pilot Study of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention as a Workplace Health Promotion Program on Weight Loss

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03131128
• Other study ID #: ChungShanMU
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 20, 2017
• Last updated: March 20, 2018
• Start date: May 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: Chung Shan Medical University
• Contact: Chih-Chun Huang
• Phone: 886-930-556128
• Email: hilihuang7004[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The present study will carry out a workplace health promotion via MBI with lessons of dietary behavior to help overweight or obese workers to loss weight.

Description:

The study will adopt a longitudinal research design with randomized quasi- experimental trial. The workers with overweight or obesity (BMI≧24) provided by the company will be randomly assigned to Group A (four lessons of dietary behavior and six lessons of MBI) or Group B (four lessons of dietary behavior and six lessons of mental health). There will be 100 participants in each group. Data will be collected five times. The research questionnaire includes basic information (including BMI, waist circumference, etc), Perceived Stress Scale, The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Food Cravings Questionnaire, the scale of physical activity and information regarding dietary behavior.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. adults aged 20 to 65 years old;

2. full-time workers with BMI ? 24;

3. motivated to participate in the study;

Exclusion Criteria:

1. suffering from mental illness or in an acute episode;

2. suffering from life threatening or other major physical illness;

3. no motivation to participate in the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Weight
• Health Promotion
• Mindfulness
• Weight Loss
• Workplace

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindfulness-based Intervention
Keeping mindful when selecting food. Be aware of hunger and satiety by the body clues. Understanding how stress affect diet and life, and learn how to cope with stress in life. Learning to identify overeating caused by mood, social stress and specific food.
• Health Education Intervention
Identifying improper diet patterns and attitudes Understanding the impact of irrational cognition and attitudes on dietary behavior Training coping skills for stresses in real life and preventing the recurrence of bulimia.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Chung Shan Medical University	Taichung

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chung Shan Medical University	Changhua Christian Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Body Weight	Body weight will be recorded during the study carried out.	Up to 10 months
Secondary	Dietary Behavior	Using the Dietary Behavior Questionnaire to measure the intake of types and proportion of food.	Up to 10 months
Secondary	Food Cravings	Measuring the level of food cravings, use the Likert six-point scoring method, from 1-6 points, a total of 21 questions. The higher scores indicate higher food cravings levels.	Up to 10 months
Secondary	Perceived Stress	Measuring the level of perceived stress, using the Likert five-point scoring method, from 0-4 points, a total of 10 questions .The higher scores indicate higher pressure levels.	Up to 10 months
Secondary	The level of Mindfulness	Measuring the level of Mindfulness, using the Likert five-point scoring method, a total of 39 questions, including the five concepts, namely: awareness (8 questions), description (8 questions), non-judging (8 questions), observation (8 questions), and non-reaction (7 questions). The higher scores indicate higher levels of mindfulness.	Up to 10 months