Physical Exercise, Dietary Counseling and Cognitive Behavioral Training as a Combined Intervention to Reduce Weight and Increase Workability in Health Care Workers

Overweight Clinical Trial

— FINALE-Health  

Official title:

Physical Exercise, Dietary Counseling and Cognitive Behavioral Training as a Combined Life-style Intervention to Reduce Weight and Increase Workability in Health Care Workers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01015716
• Other study ID #: FINALE-Health
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: November 17, 2009
• Last updated: October 16, 2012
• Start date: November 2009
• Est. completion date: May 2012

Study information

• Verified date: October 2012
• Source: University of Aarhus
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Danish National Committee on Biomedical Research EthicsDenmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a 1 year worksite based life-style intervention can reduce body weight and increase physical capacity and subsequently reduce musculoskeletal disorders and increase workability in overweight health care workers.

Description:

Health care workers have a high rate of musculoskeletal disorders and sick leave and a poor workability and physical fitness. Most studies have focused on increasing physical fitness in order to increase workability and to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and sick leave. Studies however also show that many health care workers are obese and obesity has been linked to poor workability.

Limited research is available on the effect of reducing body-weight in this group in order to increase workability and to decrease musculoskeletal disorders and sick leave.

This study introduces a combined worksite based lifestyle intervention consisting of physical exercise, dietary counseling and cognitive behavioral training aimed at reducing weight in health care workers.

On specific worksites, health care workers are cluster randomized to either intervention or control group.

Effects on physical capacity, body composition, musculoskeletal disorders, workability and sick leave are evaluated before and after a 1 year intervention period

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 146
• Est. completion date: May 2012
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Overweight Health care workers, working more than 15 hours pr week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy, angina pectoris and life-threatening diseases according to safty regulations for physical evaluation methods

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Overweight
• Physical Capacity
• Sick-leave
• Work Ability

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Intervention-group
Physical exercise, dietary counseling and cognitive behavioral training as a combined intervention
• Control-group
Invitation to attend a monthly seminar of 2 hour duration on a wide range of health related topics

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Department of Sport Science	Aarhus

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Aarhus	The Danish Working Environment Research Foundation, The Ministry of Culture Committee on Sports Research, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	weight loss		3 months	No
Primary	Weight loss		1 year	No
Secondary	Muscle strength		3 months	No
Secondary	Aerobic capacity		3 months	No
Secondary	Health Check		1 year	No
Secondary	Questionnaire		1 year	No