POWERPLAY: Promoting Men's Health at Work

NCT03548077 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 702831
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 227
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

With funding from the Candian Cancer Society, the Men's Healthy Eating Active Living (MHEAL) project began the development, evaluation, and optimization of a program called POWERPLAY to promote men's health at work.

Conditions

Men; Health Behavior; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Physical Activity

  Weekly physical activity was assessed using the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (Godin \& Shephard, 1985).

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Healthy Eating

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Powerplay, a workplace wellness program designed for male-dominated work sites, is the intervention. The program focuses on physical activity, healthy eating, mental wellness, and smoking cessation as well as promoting changes in workplace environments to support employee health and wellness. Program delivery is supported with a detailed program manual and web-based resources. More information about the intervention is available here: http://www.powerplayatwork.com/

Behavioral: POWERPLAY

Interventions

POWERPLAY BEHAVIORAL

All men from participating worksites are invited to completed surveys prior to and following implementation of a workplace wellness program (called "POWERPLAY")

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: Participant eligibility based on self-representation of gender identity
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Men employed in participating workplaces, full-time or part-time, in any position within the organization

You may not qualify if:

• Although females were not discouraged from participating in the POWERPLAY program, they were not included in the evaluation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead
• Athabasca University: collaborator
• Northern Health, British Columbia, Canada: collaborator
• British Columbia Cancer Agency: collaborator
• Canadian Cancer Society (CCS): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Health and Social Development

Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 1V7, Canada

Location

Related Publications (7)

• Bottorff JL, Seaton CL, Johnson ST, Caperchione CM, Oliffe JL, More K, Jaffer-Hirji H, Tillotson SM. An Updated Review of Interventions that Include Promotion of Physical Activity for Adult Men. Sports Med. 2015 Jun;45(6):775-800. doi: 10.1007/s40279-014-0286-3.

  PMID: 25430599 BACKGROUND

• Caperchione CM, Sharp P, Bottorff JL, Stolp S, Oliffe JL, Johnson ST, Jones-Bricker M, Errey S, Christian H, Healy T, Medhurst K, Lamont S. The POWERPLAY workplace physical activity and nutrition intervention for men: Study protocol and baseline characteristics. Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 Sep;44:42-47. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.07.013. Epub 2015 Jul 14.

  PMID: 26187657 BACKGROUND

• Oliffe JL, Bottorff JL, Sharp P, Caperchione CM, Johnson ST, Healy T, Lamont S, Jones-Bricker M, Medhurst K, Errey S. Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men's Perspectives. Am J Mens Health. 2017 Nov;11(6):1664-1672. doi: 10.1177/1557988315619372. Epub 2015 Dec 14.

  PMID: 26669775 BACKGROUND

• Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, Jones-Bricker M, Oliffe JL, DeLeenheer D, Medhurst K. Men's Mental Health Promotion Interventions: A Scoping Review. Am J Mens Health. 2017 Nov;11(6):1823-1837. doi: 10.1177/1557988317728353. Epub 2017 Sep 8.

  PMID: 28884637 BACKGROUND

• Johnson ST, Stolp S, Seaton C, Sharp P, Caperchione CM, Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, Jones-Bricker M, Lamont S, Medhurst K, Errey S, Healy T. A Men's Workplace Health Intervention: Results of the POWERPLAY Program Pilot Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2016 Aug;58(8):765-9. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000793.

  PMID: 27281710 RESULT

• Caperchione CM, Stolp S, Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, Johnson ST, Seaton C, Sharp P, Jones-Bricker M, Lamont S, Errey S, Healy T, Medhurst K, Christian H, Klitch M. Changes in Men's Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Knowledge and Behavior as a Result of Program Exposure: Findings From the Workplace POWERPLAY Program. J Phys Act Health. 2016 Dec;13(12):1364-1371. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2016-0111. Epub 2016 Sep 6.

  PMID: 27617968 RESULT

• Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, Jones-Bricker M, Caperchione CM, Johnson ST, Sharp P. Acceptability of the POWERPLAY Program: A Workplace Health Promotion Intervention for Men. Am J Mens Health. 2017 Nov;11(6):1809-1822. doi: 10.1177/1557988317728354. Epub 2017 Sep 8.

  PMID: 28884636 RESULT

Related Links

• POWERPLAY program website
• Research project website for MHEAL

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1; Health Behavior; Behavior; Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Endocrine System Diseases

Study Officials

• Joan L Bottorff, PhD, RN

  University of British Columbia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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

Model Details: Quasi-experimental, pre-post study design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 24, 2018
• First Posted: June 6, 2018
• Study Start: September 24, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2019
• Study Completion: September 30, 2019
• Last Updated: October 8, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10

Locations

CA (1)