NCT02113371

Brief Summary

The current project is a safety and health intervention for home care workers conducted within the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC), a NIOSH Center of Excellence in Total Worker Health. The objective of this five-year project is to create sustainable health and safety "communities of practice" within a population of typically isolated home care workers. The intervention is a team-based, peer-led scripted curriculum that integrates health promotion and protection topics, as well as proven elements of social support groups for caregivers. The investigators hypothesize that this intervention will increase measures of experienced community of practice, well-being, and diet, exercise, and safety behaviors, as compared to a usual practices control condition.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
210

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Oct 2011

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

October 1, 2011

Completed
2.4 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

March 11, 2014

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

April 14, 2014

Completed
2.4 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 1, 2016

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 1, 2016

Completed
Last Updated

May 14, 2018

Status Verified

May 1, 2018

Enrollment Period

4.9 years

First QC Date

March 11, 2014

Last Update Submit

May 10, 2018

Conditions

Wounds and InjuriesHealth Promotion

Keywords

Injury PreventionHealth PromotionWell beingSafetyNutritionPhysical ActivitySleepStress

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

  • Change from baseline in experienced community of practice at 6 and 12 months. Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Survey measures: Experienced Community of Practice Scale (Cadiz, Sawyer \& Griffith, 2009).

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • Change from baseline in well-being at 6 and 12 months. Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Survey measures: SF-12 version 2 (Ware et al., 2002), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) (Bohannon et al., 2003), Loneliness (Hughes et al., 2008), Positive and Negative Affect (Watson et al., 1988).

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • Change from baseline in dietary behaviors at 6 and 12 months. Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Survey measures: National Cancer Institute Fruit and Vegetable Screener (Thompson et al., 2002), High-Saturated Fat/High-Sugar Food Servings (Buxton et al., 2009).

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • Change from baseline in exercise behaviors at 6 and 12 months. Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Survey measures: Healthy physical activities scale (Elliot et al., 2007).

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • Change from baseline in safety behavior counts at 6 and 12 months, Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Survey measures: Reports of the frequency of safety actions (items created for the study) addressing tools/techniques for material and client moving tasks, tools/techniques for housekeeping tasks, correcting slip/trip fall hazards in homes, correcting other safety hazards, and safety communication. All items were assessed on the same frequency count scale of 0 to 5+ occurrences in the past six months.

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • Change from baseline safety behavior consistency at 6 and 12 months, Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Survey measures: Reports of the frequency of safety actions (items created for the study) addressing safe tools or techniques for client moving or transferring tasks, moving or lifting objects, assisting a client with walking, working while standing, handling a wheelchair, client bathing, client dressing, and housekeeping tasks. All items were assessed on the same frequency scale of almost never, about 25% of the time, about half of the time, about 75% of the time, and almost always

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

Secondary Outcomes (15)

  • Change from baseline in blood pressure at 6 and 12 months. Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • Change from baseline in blood lipids at 6 and 12 months. Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • Change from baseline in blood glucose at 6 and 12 months. Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • Change from baseline in body weight at 6 and 12 months. Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • Change from baseline in body mass index (BMI) at 6 and 12 months. Post intervention maintenance from 12 to 24 months.

    Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months

  • +10 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention consists of monthly scripted, peer-led social support sessions covering health and safety topics.

Behavioral: Intervention

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Usual practices with regard to health and work conditions.

Interventions

InterventionBEHAVIORAL
Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Currently employed as a home care worker with a minimum of one consumer employer

You may not qualify if:

  • None

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

Location

Related Publications (8)

  • Olson R, Wright RR, Elliot DL, Hess JA, Thompson S, Buckmaster A, Luther K, Wipfli B. The COMPASS pilot study: a total worker Health intervention for home care workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Apr;57(4):406-16. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000374.

    PMID: 25654631BACKGROUND

  • Olson R, Elliot D, Hess J, Thompson S, Luther K, Wipfli B, Wright R, Buckmaster AM. The COMmunity of Practice And Safety Support (COMPASS) Total Worker Health study among home care workers: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Oct 27;15:411. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-411.

    PMID: 25348013BACKGROUND

  • Olson R, Elliot DL, Hess JA, Thompson S, Luther K, Wipfli B. COMPASS: Protecting and promoting the health of direct care givers. California Association for Behavior Analysis Western Regional Conference, San Diego, CA. February 2015.

    BACKGROUND

  • Olson R, Elliot DL, Hess JA, Thompson S, Wright RR, Luther K, Mancini A, Wipfli B. COMPASS teams: Creating health & safety "communities of practice" for home care workers. Teaming up for Total Worker Health symposium at the NIOSH 1st International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health, Bethesda, MD. October 2014.

    BACKGROUND

  • Olson R, Thompson S, Hess JA. A Total Worker Health program for health care workers. National HealthCare Ergonomics Conference, Portland, OR. September 2014.

    BACKGROUND

  • Olson R, Wright R, Elliot DE, Hess J, Wipfli B, Mancini A. The COMPASS Pilot Study: A Total Worker Health Intervention for Home Care Workers. International Work, Stress, and Health conference, Los Angeles, CA. May 2013.

    BACKGROUND

  • Olson R, Thompson S. Behavior change tactics you can apply today: Findings and tools from the COMPASS total worker health program for home care workers. Oregon Governor's Occupational Safety & Health conference, Portland, OR. March 2015.

    BACKGROUND

  • Olson R. A Total Worker Health program for home care workers: Six month outcomes. UW/ UBC/ SFU/ Uvic/OSU Annual Conference on Environmental, Occupational, and Population Health, Semiahmoo Resort, WA. January 2015

    BACKGROUND

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and InjuriesMotor Activity

Interventions

Methods

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
PREVENTION
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Scientist

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

March 11, 2014

First Posted

April 14, 2014

Study Start

October 1, 2011

Primary Completion

September 1, 2016

Study Completion

September 1, 2016

Last Updated

May 14, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

Locations

US(1)