Interplay Between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, Lipid Profile and Blood Pressure: a Comparative Survey Among Healthcare and Non-Healthcare Female Workers

NCT04596358 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 10/2018
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 147
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study aims at testing the level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet among health-workers, comparing this aspect to the extra-working physical activity, anthropometric measures and prevalence of cardiovascular, metabolic and neoplastic diseases previously diagnosed.

Conditions

Diet Habit; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension

Keywords

Mediterranean Diet; Lipid profile; Healthcare workers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Adherence to the Mediterranean diet greater control of circulating lipid levels

  Score of adherence (points)

  at Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Fasting plasma glucose

  Baseline

• Serum insulin

  Baseline

• systolic blood pressure

  Baseline

• diastolic blood pressure

  Baseline

• Waist circumference

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Healtcare workers

Women who work as nurses or doctors in public hospitals of which anthropometric and haematochemical data have been collected. Workers were given a questionnaire for the evaluation of the adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

Other: Observational

Non-Healthcare workers

Women who perform technical and managerial professions in a public administration body of which anthropometric and haematochemical data have been collected. Workers were given a questionnaire for the evaluation of the adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

Other: Observational

Interventions

Observational OTHER

Evaluation of adherence to the Mediterranean diet through the administration of the Med Diet Score questionnaire.

Healtcare workers; Non-Healthcare workers

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 65 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

One hundred and forty-seven subjects were randomly recruited at the Operating Unit of Occupational Medicine of the University Polyclinic Hospital of Bari in the last quarter of 2019. The whole sample included only female employees of public companies with at least 16 years of schooling, and subject to health surveillance by the occupational physicians of the above Operating Unit, subdivided as follows: fifty-nine HCWs (doctors and professional nurses) employees at the University Hospital of Bari, and eighty-eight employees of other public companies but not operating in the field of healthcare (non-HCWs).

You may qualify if:

• Women of working age
• Level of education at least equal to Bachelor's degree

You may not qualify if:

• Men
• Women under 20 years old or over 65 years old

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Bari Aldo Moro: lead
• Azienda Ospedaliera Specializzata in Gastroenterologia Saverio de Bellis: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Antonella Pipoli

Bari, Apulia, 70125, Italy

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Menotti A, Kromhout D, Blackburn H, Fidanza F, Buzina R, Nissinen A. Food intake patterns and 25-year mortality from coronary heart disease: cross-cultural correlations in the Seven Countries Study. The Seven Countries Study Research Group. Eur J Epidemiol. 1999 Jul;15(6):507-15. doi: 10.1023/a:1007529206050.

  PMID: 10485342 BACKGROUND

• D'Alessandro A, De Pergola G. Mediterranean diet pyramid: a proposal for Italian people. Nutrients. 2014 Oct 16;6(10):4302-16. doi: 10.3390/nu6104302.

  PMID: 25325250 BACKGROUND

• Di Lorenzo L, Pipoli A, Manghisi NM, Clodoveo ML, Corbo F, De Pergola G, Sabba C. Nutritional hazard analysis and critical control points at work (NACCPW): interdisciplinary assessment of subjective and metabolic work-related risk of the workers and their prevention. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2020 Nov;71(7):902-908. doi: 10.1080/09637486.2020.1750572. Epub 2020 Apr 7.

  PMID: 32255377 BACKGROUND

• Juarez-Perez CA, Aguilar-Madrid G, Haro-Garcia LC, Gopar-Nieto R, Cabello-Lopez A, Jimenez-Ramirez C, Aguado A, Martinez-Mendez LM, Chavez-Negrete A. Increased Cardiovascular Risk Using Atherogenic Index Measurement Among Healthcare Workers. Arch Med Res. 2015 Apr;46(3):233-9. doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2015.03.002. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

  PMID: 25797688 BACKGROUND

• Panagiotakos DB, Pitsavos C, Stefanadis C. Dietary patterns: a Mediterranean diet score and its relation to clinical and biological markers of cardiovascular disease risk. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2006 Dec;16(8):559-68. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2005.08.006. Epub 2006 Feb 9.

  PMID: 17126772 BACKGROUND

• Di Lorenzo L, Vimercati L, Pipoli A, Manghisi NM, Lampignano L, Caputi A, De Maria L, Zupo R, De Pergola G. Interplay Between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Lipid Profile: A Comparative Survey Between Day-Time Healthcare and Non-healthcare Female Workers. Front Public Health. 2021 Nov 4;9:649760. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.649760. eCollection 2021.

  PMID: 34805058 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension

Interventions

Watchful Waiting

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal; Behavior; Hyperlipidemias; Dyslipidemias; Lipid Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health Services Administration

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Medical Doctor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 8, 2020
• First Posted: October 22, 2020
• Study Start: March 10, 2018
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2019
• Study Completion: February 28, 2019
• Last Updated: October 22, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IT (1)