Worksite Program to Prevent Weight Gain Among Bus Drivers

NCT00122993 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 0409S63606R01HL079478
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to implement and evaluate a two-year multi-component environmental intervention to prevent weight gain among city bus drivers at four bus garages. It is hypothesized that transit employees in the intervention garages will gain less weight compared to the transit employees in the control garages.

Conditions

Obesity; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in body weight

  Measured at Year 2

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Changes in energy intake and physical activity

  Measured at Year 2

• Health claims cost

  Measured at Year 2

Study Arms (2)

1

EXPERIMENTAL

Multi-component environmental intervention to prevent excess weight gain among bus drivers

Behavioral: Healthful eating and food choices behavior change programs and changes in worksite food availability and prices; Behavioral: Physical Activity; Behavioral: Environment

2

NO INTERVENTION

Control group

Interventions

Healthful eating and food choices behavior change programs and changes in worksite food availability and prices BEHAVIORAL

Food choices and eating behavior programs and environmental changes will be implemented for 18 months in intervention garages.

1

Physical Activity BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity programs are offered at the intervention garages for an 18 month period.

1

Environment BEHAVIORAL

Changes in the food and physical activity environment are made for an 18 month period in intervention garages. These include improving the healthfulness of the foods available in vending machines, and improving the fitness rooms at the garages.

1

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Employed as a bus driver

You may not qualify if:

• Not employed as a bus operator at one of the four participating garages

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Minnesota: lead
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55454, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases

Interventions

Commerce; Exercise; Environment

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Technology, Industry, and Agriculture; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Ecological and Environmental Phenomena; Biological Phenomena; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Simone French

  University of Minnesota

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 20, 2005
• First Posted: July 22, 2005
• Study Start: September 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2007
• Study Completion: April 1, 2008
• Last Updated: November 1, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10

Locations

US (1)