Test@Work Study: Evaluation of Attitudes and Uptake Within Employee Health Checks in the Construction Industry

NCT04292002 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IN-UK-276-5347 HIV DVE
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 456
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This project is called Test@Work. In this project the investigators will offer general health checks and tailored health advice to up to 650 employees in the construction industry at sites across the East Midlands. The investigators will assess reach and uptake, and evaluate the views and perceptions of employees, managers and the delivery team. Health checks will include Body Mass Index (BMI; weight/height), waist-to-hip ratio, blood pressure, mental health screen, sexual health consultation and an opt-in rapid screening test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Employees will be provided with a resource pack with information and signposting around physical activity, diabetes risk, diet, and musculoskeletal health. A digital resource providing information and signposting about workplace health screening and HIV testing will be developed and provided to managers at the participating worksites 2 weeks before their health check event. Employees will be offered an additional text messaging service involving receipt of a series of messages with advice around HIV and testing alongside general health information. Employees will complete post-health check exit questionnaires and an exit interview. Managers will complete a post-event evaluation questionnaire and post-event interview. Mixed-methods evaluation will include assessment of reach, uptake, and intervention implementation processes.

Conditions

HIV

Keywords

workplace; health promotion; health screening; employees; health behaviour

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Health check uptake

  Percentage of employees choosing to take a workplace health check from total employee population across all sites

  Rolling intervention delivery and data collection over 15 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• reasons for attending

  immediately post-event

• perceptions of employer's provision for health and wellbeing

  immediately post-event

• perceptions towards HIV testing in the workplace

  immediately post-event

• range of tests undertaken

  during the health check, and qualitative data immediately post-event

• Employee demographic profile

  At recruitment

Study Arms (1)

Health Checks

EXPERIMENTAL

Workplace health checks - in this intervention employees can select from a range of optional health checks/tests and receive tailored health advice and a health resource pack.

Behavioral: Test@Work

Interventions

Test@Work BEHAVIORAL

Offer of a general health check including opt-in sexual health consultation and HIV testing, weight/height, Body Mass Index (BMI), blood pressure, mental health screen. Provision of tailored health advice and a resource pack with information and signposting.

Health Checks

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• employee of a company in construction or related industries
• provides informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• does not speak English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Nottingham: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Nottingham

Nottingham, NG72HA, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Blake H, Somerset S, Evans C. Development and Fidelity Testing of the Test@Work Digital Toolkit for Employers on Workplace Health Checks and Opt-In HIV Testing. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jan 6;17(1):379. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010379.

  PMID: 31935985 BACKGROUND

• Blake H, Somerset S, Whittingham K, Middleton M, Yildirim M, Evans C. WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 18;17(18):6815. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186815.

  PMID: 32961985 RESULT

• Middleton M, Somerset S, Evans C, Blake H. Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 26;17(21):7819. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217819.

  PMID: 33114546 RESULT

• Somerset S, Evans C, Blake H. Accessing Voluntary HIV Testing in the Construction Industry: A Qualitative Analysis of Employee Interviews from the Test@Work Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Apr 15;18(8):4184. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084184.

  PMID: 33920943 RESULT

• Jones W, Somerset S, Evans C, Whittingham K, Middleton M, Blake H. Test@work: evaluation of workplace HIV testing for construction workers using the RE-AIM framework. BMC Public Health. 2021 Sep 24;21(1):1737. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11739-z.

  PMID: 34560853 DERIVED

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Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: Not relevant
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Behavioural Science

Model Details: The investigators are looking at uptake and reach of general health checks offered to up to 650 employees in the construction industry.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 6, 2019
• First Posted: March 2, 2020
• Study Start: August 17, 2019
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2020
• Study Completion: May 31, 2021
• Last Updated: September 20, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)