Obesity, Lifestyle and Work Intervention

NCT03886870 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2014/697 REK South-East
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 140
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The main aim of this study was to examine whether introducing a work intervention into a traditional lifestyle rehabilitation program for persons with BMI above 30, would affect the participants' ability to work and their lifestyle change. The investigators wanted to find out how the participants experienced their health, workability and work capacity, quality of life, diet and self-efficacy before and during the intervention

Conditions

Obesity; Morbid Obesity; Sick-leave; Work Related Illnesses; Life Style

Keywords

Obesity; Work Focus; Workability; Life-style treatment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Full or partial return to work.

  Mapping changes in work employability and work related factors with survey data from the ARR form (http://www.arbeidoghelse.no).

  Data collected during the interventions, baseline, 6 and 12 months.

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Weight loss (kilograms)

  Data collected during the interventions, baseline, 6 and 12 months.

• Return to work self-efficacy

  Data collected during the interventions, baseline, 6 and 12 months.

• Quality of Life (15D), health-related quality of life

  Data collected during the interventions, baseline, 6 and 12 months.

• Subjective somatic and psychological complaints

  Data collected during the interventions, baseline, 6 and 12 months.

• Vo2 peak

  Data collected during the interventions, baseline and 12 months.

Study Arms (2)

Lifestyle and work intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Lifestyle intervention with work focus.

Behavioral: Lifestyle intervention

Lifestyle intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Lifestyle intervention without work focus.

Behavioral: Lifestyle and work intervention

Interventions

Lifestyle and work intervention BEHAVIORAL

The intervention period lasted for a year with three institution-based stays, 4 weeks at baseline and 2 weeks at 6 and 12 months. At baseline, participants got a functional assessment and an individual adjusted rehabilitation plan. At all three stages: The intervention contains activity training with a focus on the joy of movement, strength- and cardio-training. There were lectures and cognitive therapy to promote self-care and lifestyle change. The intervention contained lectures on diet, nutrition and cooking-classes. Participants set goals at baseline and adjusting these during the progress. Exercise programs was designed to use at home. The Cognitive Information Processing model of career guidance was the mainframe for the work dimension. All participants had talks with the work consultant at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Two work lectures, "Duties and rights as employees" and "Work as medicine". When needed the work consultant contacted the employer in order to facilitate changes.

Lifestyle intervention

Lifestyle intervention BEHAVIORAL

The intervention period lasted for a year with three institution-based stay, 4 weeks at baseline and 2 weeks at 6 and 12 months. At baseline, participants got a functional assessment and an individual adjusted rehabilitation plan. At all three stages: The intervention contains activity training with focus on joy of movement, strength- and cardio-training. There was lectures and cognitive therapy to promote self-care and lifestyle change. The intervention contained lectures on diet, nutrition and cooking-classes. Participants set goals at baseline and adjusting these during the progress. They developed exercise programs designed to use at home.

Lifestyle and work intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Participants with a Body Mass Index (BMI) \> 30 with or without comorbidity

You may not qualify if:

• People without a capacity to consent.
• People with severe alcohol and/or drug abuse.
• People with a major mental illness.
• Being pregnant.
• People with a health condition that contraindicates physical activity.
• People with or plan to apply for disability benefits.
• People with permanently adapted work.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Molde University College: lead
• Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Obesity, Morbid

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Geir Ove Vegsund

  Muritunet

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Single blind masking
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: The study was designed as a randomized controlled study with an exploring prospective design. The intervention lasted 12 months and each patient had three visits (baseline, 6 and 12 month) at Muritunet, each lasting 4-2-2 weeks. The participants was randomized either into a lifestyle and work intervention or into a lifestyle intervention. Data material gathered at each stay consisting of self-reported forms, test, journal and individual interviews. These were all collected at baseline, and at six and twelve months.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 14, 2019
• First Posted: March 22, 2019
• Study Start: September 3, 2014
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2017
• Study Completion: February 1, 2018
• Last Updated: March 22, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share