The Lifestyle moDIfCation Study
LUDIC
A Before-and-after Study to Evaluate Effects of Low-cost Interventions for Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Modifications
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interventional
11,000
1 country
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Brief Summary
Rationale: Lifestyle modifications, such as increasing physical exercise and reducing dietary salt and saturated fat intake contribute to prevention of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Relevant improvements can already be achieved by small adaptations in everyday life. It is unclear whether simple low-cost interventions in the working environment can promote such healthy lifestyle adaptations. Objective: To study the effect of low-cost interventions for promoting healthy lifestyle modifications. Study design: Before-and-after intervention study. The study period will be subdivided in four parts of 2 weeks each: a run-in period, a before-measurement period, an intervention-period, and an after measurement period. Study population: Staff and visitors of the University Medical Center Utrecht. Study interventions:
- Promotion of stair climbing.
- Promotion of a low-salt soup alternative for the 'soup of the day'.
- Promotion of a low-fat alternative for the butter croissants.
- Exchange of the basket positions of butter and margarine between convenient and harder to reach locations. Outcome measures:
- Number of passages through each part of the stair cases.
- Number of low-salt cream soup and normal clear soup cups sold in the hospital restaurant and ratio between them.
- Number of low-fat and normal croissants sold in the hospital restaurant and the ratio between them.
- Number of low-fat margarine servings and butter servings sold in the hospital restaurant and the ratio between them.
Trial Health
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2012
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 9, 2012
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 10, 2012
CompletedApril 10, 2012
April 1, 2012
2 months
February 9, 2012
April 5, 2012
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
Number of passages through each part of the stair cases
Measured by wireless infrared interruption counters
2 weeks (including weekend days)
Number of low-salt cream soup and normal clear soup cups sold in the hospital restaurant and ratio between them
Assessed by the pay desk computer system administration
2 weeks (excluding weekend days)
Number of low-fat and normal croissants sold in the hospital restaurant and the ratio between them
Number of croissants sold will be registered on daily work sheets by the restaurant personnel
2 weeks (excluding weekend days)
Number of low-fat margarine servings and butter servings sold in the hospital restaurant and the ratio between them
Assessed by the pay desk computer system administration
2 weeks (excluding weekend days)
Study Arms (1)
Staff (and visitors) of the University Medical Centre Utrecht
EXPERIMENTALThis is a dynamic study population
Interventions
Application of labels on all UMC elevator doors stating: " If you take the stairs, you will burn 11 times more calories."
Promotion of a low-salt soup alternative for the 'soup of the day' in the UMC staff restaurant, using a sign stating: "The cream soup contains 30% less salt and contributes to a healthy blood pressure."
Promotion of a low-fat alternative for the butter croissants in the UMC staff restaurant, using a sign stating: "This croissant contains 30% fewer saturated (unhealthy) fatty acids."
Exchange of the basket positions of butter and margarine in the UMC staff restaurant. In the usual (baseline) situation butter is positioned in the fridge and, therefore, less visible and harder to reach. Margarine is positioned on several convenient locations throughout the restaurant. During the two weeks intervention period these positions will be interchanged.
Eligibility Criteria
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Sponsors & Collaborators
- UMC Utrechtlead
Study Sites (1)
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, 3584 CX, Netherlands
Related Publications (1)
Dorresteijn JA, van der Graaf Y, Zheng K, Spiering W, Visseren FL. The daily 10 kcal expenditure deficit: a before-and-after study on low-cost interventions in the work environment. BMJ Open. 2013 Jan 24;3(1):e002125. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002125.
PMID: 23355669DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor of Vascular Medicine, Internist
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 9, 2012
First Posted
April 10, 2012
Study Start
February 1, 2012
Primary Completion
April 1, 2012
Last Updated
April 10, 2012
Record last verified: 2012-04