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Filter by:The aim of this study is to evaluate if modern technology such as smartphone applications can be used to facilitate lifestyle changes and thereby improve health-related quality of life in gainfully employed persons in the general population in Stockholm, Sweden. The hypothesis is that at follow-up, the intervention group that use the new application will have improved health-related quality of life and other lifestyle habits including diet, physical activity and sleep, as well as biomarkers, compared to a control group.
The purpose of this study is to develop and test a brief program to help overweight people become more physically active. We plan to design a program that teaches people how to become more active by identifying how fitness enables them to live their lives better. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires and wear a device that tracks their exercise for 1 week. If accepted into the study, they will receive a 1 day program designed to help them exercise more. Then they will receive phone calls and emails for support after the program. Finally, participants will come in 3 and 6 months after the program to complete the same questionnaires and wear the exercise tracker again. The study is primarily interested in increasing exercise levels, and so we hope to see participants exercising more after the program than they were before. We will also ask them questions (via the questionnaires) that tell us the degree to which they are exercising based on their one desires and values, as opposed to doing it because they were told to.
The MARIEplus study is a prospective cohort of breast cancer patients recruited into the MARIE (Mamma Carcinoma Risk factor InvEstigation) study, a population-based case-control study of breast cancer conducted in two German study regions, Hansestadt Hamburg and Rhine-Neckar-Karlsruhe (RNK) region. Participants were identified through participating clinics and the Hamburg cancer registry between January 1st, 2001 and September 30th, 2005 in Hamburg and between August 1st, 2002 and July 31st, 2005 in the RNK study region. Patients were aged 50-74 years at histologically confirmed primary invasive (stages I to IV) or in situ breast tumor (stage 0). Comprehensive information on demographic, socio-economic, and lifestyle factors was collected at multiple time points: at recruitment by a standardized face-to-face interview and at follow-up median 6 years as well as 11 years later using computer assisted telephone interview. Vital status was assessed in 2009 and again in 2015 via the population registries and causes of death were obtained from death certificates and coded according to the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10). Information on the clinical course was abstracted from medical records to verify clinical events either self-reported in follow-up interviews or reported by treating physicians. The studies were approved by the ethics committee of the University of Heidelberg and the University of Hamburg and conducted in agreement with the Helsinki Declaration. Written informed consent was provided by all participants at baseline and during follow-up. The primary objectives of this study are - To assess the association of modifiable lifestyle factors and personal factors, including BMI, diet, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use, menopausal hormone therapy, socioeconomic status, with breast cancer survival, overall and according to tumor type, after accounting for established prognostic factors. - To examine the influence of genetic variants on breast cancer relapse and survival - To assess the association of lifestyle factors and their changes in the course of survivorship on subsequent breast cancer prognosis. - To assess the individual and combined association of inflammation/metabolic biomarkers as well as changes in their serum levels with subsequent breast cancer prognosis overall and according to tumor type. - To assess whether and to what extent the associations between breast cancer prognosis and lifestyle factors and/or their changes are mediated by circulating biomarker levels.
Adiposity is a key link between lifestyle factors (like diet and exercise) and cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, little is known about the link during the juvenile years, when the processes leading to CV disease are at an early stage of development. The specific aims are as follow: (1) to determine the relations of free-living diet and exercise to total body percent fat ( percentBF), visceral adipose tissue and CV fitness in black and white boys and girls of varying socioeconomic status. (2) to determine the relations of fatness and fitness to different CV disease risk factors. Design and methods: (1) Recruit 800 14 to 18 year olds, 200 in each ethnicity and gender subgroup. (2) Assess diet with seven 24-hour recalls, and exercise with two seven-day recalls and heart rate monitoring. (3) Measure percent body fat with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, visceral adipose tissue with magnetic resonance imaging and CV fitness with a multi-stage treadmill test. (4) Measure major fatness- and fitness-related CV disease risk factors (e.g., total cholesterol:HDL cholesterol ratio, insulin, systolic blood pressure, left ventricular mass indexed to height, fibrinogen). (5) Conduct multivariate and univariate analyses to determine relationships.
This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effect of an individually tailored lifestyle feedback letter and a leaflet on lifestyle in the context of sigmoidoscopy screening.
The study is an open-label intervention non pharmacological Cohort Study without control arm in patients with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and in healthy subjects. The intervention in patients with NAFLD is educational, providing personalized suggestions to improve diet and physical activity; the intervention in healthy subjects is educational, providing general suggestions to improve diet and physical activity.
The Youth and Sport Study (YSS) is a 20-22-year follow-up study of Danish teenagers born between 1964 and 1969. Baseline data originate from two different studies carried out in 1983 and 1985, and the follow-up study was carried out in 2005.
Introduction and rationale: Unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical activity are risk factors for many diseases (including metabolic syndrome) and contribute to a shortened lifespan of 15-30 years in people with severe mental illness (SMI). Literature, mainly including short-term hospitalized or outpatients, show strong positive effects of activation on both physical and mental health. However, studies in long-term care are limited. In recent years, implementation of a lifestyle enhancing treatment intervention in clinical settings in "GGz Centraal" has demonstrated to be effective. The question is whether this kind of lifestyle intervention in sheltered housing is applicable and effective. Objectives: This research aims to develop an appropriate lifestyle intervention for patients living in sheltered housing services of GGz Centraal, based on input of patients and directly involved. Does applying this lifestyle treatment result in a positive effect in health and quality of life of patients and what is the influence of contextual factors, personal- and disease characteristics? Study design: In this intervention study, we use an experimental design. Municipal locations are paired based on the number of participants to generate equal cluster sizes. These paired clusters are randomly allocated to the control or intervention arm by means of a random number generator by an independent person (not involved in this project). At the start of the lifestyle treatment patients in the experimental and control group are invited to participate in the baseline screening. After twelve months, following a post-test on all outcome measures. Treatment intervention: The intervention in this study consists of formulating a lifestyle intervention, by patients and directly involved, aimed at enhancing a more active and healthier lifestyle . After formulation of the plan (based on psycho education, nutrition and physical activity), it wil be executed for a twelve month period. Hypothesis: Hypotheses is that lifestyle enhancing treatment is associated with improved metabolic health, quality of life and reduced use of medication. Furthermore we expect that movement disorders and disease severity will be negative related in becoming more active.
The primary objective of Do CHANGE is to develop a health ecosystem for integrated disease management of citizens with high blood pressure and patients with ischemic heart disease or heart failure. The system will give them access to a set of personalized health services in a near real-time fashion. This disruptive system will incorporate the behaviour change methods, such as "Do Something Different", in conjunction with new innovative wearable/portable tools that can monitor behaviour and clinical parameters in normal living situations.
The purpose of this study is to test feasibility for the delivery and perceptions of a lifestyle model for middle-aged and older adults by involving participants in its development. The goal of the program is to reduce sedentary behaviour, increase physical activity, and increase strength and balance. An optional walking program will be run in parallel to emphasize the importance of moving more. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires on course delivery, content and effect throughout the program and 2-3 recorded interviews throughout the study. We will collect measurements of physical performance before and after the program.