Healthy Life Centers - Municipal Health Care Service for Lifestyle Changes - a Multicenter Intervention Study

NCT03026296 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2016/546-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,022
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 4

Brief Summary

A Healthy Life Center (HLC, 'Frisklivssentrale') is a public community-based health service providing lifestyle support programs for physical activity, smoking cessation and diet, to inhabitants with increased risk for development of non-communicable diseases. HLCs intention is to reach physically inactive people who need guidance to get more physically active, and offer them a lifestyle program for three months or more. The main aim of this study is to study whether the HLCs, organized according to the Norwegian Directorate of Health's guidelines for municipal healthy life centers, affects the participants short term (3 months) and long term (15 months) physical activity level. Also changes in diet, tobacco use, health related quality of life, physical fitness, anthropometry, self-efficacy, motivation, drug use, use of health services and work participation will be assessed. Secondary aim is to study whether there are any moderators, such as HLCs capacity, expertise, and collaboration with other services, that have significance for participants' change. Also it will be studied whether the HLCs result in larger changes in some subgroups (e.g. socioeconomic) of participants than in others.

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Disease; Obesity; Psychological Disorder

Keywords

Physical Fitness; Health Status; Exercise; Tobacco Use Cessation; Quality of Life; Healthy Diet; Health Promotion; Patient Education as Topic; Counseling

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• physical activity

  measured by accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+) for seven consecutive days

  change from baseline to 3 months

• physical activity

  measured by accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+) for seven consecutive days

  change from 3 months to 15 months

Secondary Outcomes (18)

• Physical activity

  change from baseline to 3 months

• Physical activity

  change from 3 months to 15 months

• health related quality of life

  change from baseline to 3 months

• health related quality of life

  change from 3 months to 15 months

• Diet

  change from baseline to 3 months

Study Arms (1)

Participators in HLCs

EXPERIMENTAL

Adults with high risk of non-communicable diseases (musculoskeletal disease, obesity, physical distress) about to start a 3 months structural support for lifestyle change in a Healthy Life Center (HLC) in Norway

Behavioral: Healthy Life Center

Interventions

Healthy Life Center BEHAVIORAL

Depending on what behavior participants aim to change, they get individual counselling using elements from motivational interviewing, group-based exercise twice a week, diet courses and tobacco secession courses during three months

Also known as: Frisklivssentralen (Norwegian)

Participators in HLCs

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• about to start structural support for lifestyle change (regarding physical activity, diet and/or tobacco cessation
• referred to a Healthy Life Center (HLC) from either primary physician, from other health care services or social services, or participants seeking contact themselves without a specific referral.

You may not qualify if:

• having participated in an HLC the previous 6 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology: lead
• Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: collaborator

Study Sites (4)

Frisklivssentrale

Drammen (plus 9 More Communities), Buskerud, Norway

Location

Frisklivssentrale

Levanger (plus 4 More Communities), Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway

Location

Frisklivssentrale

Bodo (plus 11 More Communities), Nordland County, Norway

Location

Frisklivssentrale

Laerdal (plus 6 More Communities), Sogn Og Fjordane County, Norway

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Blom EE, Aadland E, Solbraa AK, Oldervoll LM. Healthy Life Centres: a 3-month behaviour change programme's impact on participants' physical activity levels, aerobic fitness and obesity: an observational study. BMJ Open. 2020 Sep 28;10(9):e035888. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035888.

  PMID: 32988939 DERIVED

Related Links

• Helsedirektoratet Frisklivssentraler

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases; Obesity; Mental Disorders; Motor Activity; Tobacco Use Cessation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Riina Kiik, phd

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Erik Kyrkjebø, phd

  Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 17, 2017
• First Posted: January 20, 2017
• Study Start: August 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2019
• Study Completion: December 1, 2019
• Last Updated: February 28, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (4)