Health Promotion Intervention Program at the Workplace

NCT01628419 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: WIN12345
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the current investigation is to examine the effects of health intervention program at the workplace on health risks for cardiovascular disease, well-being and absenteeism at the workplace. Participants: 1500 male and female employees from 10 different companies across Israel will take part in the study. Age: older than 18 yrs. Hypothesis 1: The intervention program will have positive effects on the health risks for cardiovascular disease. For example: Will be reflected in a decrease in LDL and increase in HDL. Hypothesis 2: The intervention program will have positive effects on the absenteeism at the workplace (e.g. decrease in days of sick leave per employee).

Conditions

Conditions Influencing Health Status

Keywords

Health promotion; Intervention; Workplace; Exercise program

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Anthropometric measures

  The following measures will be evaluated: Height and body mass (Kg) and Body mass index will be calculated (BMI), hip and waist circumference and the ratio between the two measures will be calculated.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Absenteeism from work

  6 months

• Blood tests results

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

Health intervention program

EXPERIMENTAL

Health promotion intervention program will be implemented at each workplace and will include: exercise program, nutritional counseling for the kitchen service, lectures on different topics (physical activity, nutrition, sleeping behaviour etc.).

Behavioral: Health intervention

Interventions

Health intervention BEHAVIORAL

physical activity program at the workplace - once a week with a certified trainer. (The program will include: aerobic exercises as well as resistance exercises). The employees will encourage to perform two additional workouts during the week. Nutritional counseling for the kitchen staff Lectures - lectures will be given at each worksite on different topics: physical activity, nutrition, sleeping behaviour, mental aspects.

Health intervention program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• agreement to participate in the study,
• older than 18 yrs

You may not qualify if:

• Missing blood tests results and anthropometric measures prior to the beginning of the study,
• unstable cardiac disease,
• unstable hypertension during rest (above 200 mmHg systolic blood pressure and above 110 mmHg of diastolic blood pressure),
• pregnancy,
• using pacemaker,
• past cardiac incidence during the 6 months preceding the test,
• other disease that might cause contraindication for exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wingate Institute: lead

Study Sites (1)

Wingate Institute

Netanya, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Play Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sensory Art Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• Eyal Shargal, PhD

  Wingate Institute, Israel

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 21, 2012
• First Posted: June 26, 2012
• Study Start: July 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2014
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: December 9, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-12

Locations

IL (1)