Eating Behaviour and Quality of Life of Night Workers in Food and Nutrition Units

NCT05080751 | Terminated DMC

• 1 other identifier: 44556321.5.0000.5336
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 15
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used for a group of techniques in which there is a combination of a cognitive approach and a set of behavioral procedures. The basic principle of CBT can be described as follows: emotional and behavioral responses, as well as motivation, are not directly influenced by situations, but by the way in which these situations are usually processed. The worker is any person who has a work activity, regardless of being inserted in the formal or informal market. And, nightshift work, due to its wide application and demand, for technical, social and economic reasons is a topic of great relevance today. However, it can lead to health risks, both in biological and psychological functioning, among other emotional problems, causing greater propensity to stress, anxiety crisis and emotional tiredness. In the food and nutrition units, where the organization of work is strongly guided by Taylorist-Fordist principles, structured based on routines, technical standards and organization charts for the meals production, giving attention and dedication to the behaviors and habits of employees, become some strategies for maintaining and improving motivation for work and quality of life in this environment. Objective: to evaluate the effects of an intervention to change eating behavior on the perception of quality of life and eating habits of night workers in food and nutrition units. Method: This is a research project, involving a systematic review (study I) and a clinical trial (study II). The systematic review aim to investigate whether there is a difference in eating behavior between workers, the one that works during the day and the other at night. The second study will consist of two groups; one control and one intervention. The research will consist on a web-based strategies, with two evaluative moments, before and after intervention. To assess the eating behavior outcome, the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) will be used; for eating practices, the Self-Applicable Scale for Food Assessment will be included, according to the Recommendations of the Food Guide for the Brazilian Population. For analysis of quality of life, the WHOQOL-Bref, short version of the WHOQOL-100 instrument, will be used.

Conditions

Eating Behavior

Keywords

Eating behaviour; Clinical trial; Occupational Groups; Food Services; Collective Feeding

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Eating practices

  It will be evaluated through the assessment of eating practices, by the Self-Applicable Scale for the Assessment of Food, according to the Recommendations of the Food Guide for the Brazilian Population. Diet rating scale according to the Food Guide for the Brazilian Population: minimum value: from 0 to 31 points; maximum value: above 41 points. High score means better result.

  through study completion, an average of 19 weeks

• Eating behavior

  It will be evaluated through the Dutch Questionnaire for the Assessment of Eating Behavior (DUTCH): emotional eating, external eating and restricted eating. Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire: maximum possible score is 33 points; the higher the score, the lower the ability to control eating; and the lower the score, the higher the capacity.

  through study completion, an average of 19 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Quality of life and quality of life at work

  through study completion, an average of 19 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

In this modality of intervention, the focus will be on the development of skills through educational actions in health, using the pedagogy of transmission. The focus will be based on content related to food, nutrition and quality of life. Materials like videos, áudios (podcasts), booklets and short films will be available weekly, following a schedule of sessions.

Eating Behaviors

EXPERIMENTAL

In the intervention group, the focus will be the development of skills through educational health actions that provide the development of autonomy and empowerment for behavior change, based on cognitive behavioral interventions, which involve eating behavior and impact on quality of life. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is based on ten principles that influence and / or determine treatment attitude and approach. Intervention group sessions will be based on principles.

Behavioral: Eating Behaviors

Interventions

Eating Behaviors BEHAVIORAL

Materials to be weekly available for intervention group, following a schedule of sessions (six in total): videos, audios, booklets, films, books and other presentations. The intervention will be based online, in a asynchronous modality. Members will self-manage activities.

Eating Behaviors

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: female only
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• women; night workers; food service.

You may not qualify if:

• male; pregnant; poorly or incomplete questionnaires.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul: lead

Study Sites (1)

Pontifícia Universidade Catolica Do Rio Grande Do Sul

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90619-900, Brazil

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal; Behavior

Study Officials

• Ana Maria Pandolfo Feoli

  Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: participants will not know whether they will be in the control or intervention group.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: two groups: intervention and control

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2021
• First Posted: October 18, 2021
• Study Start: November 8, 2021
• Primary Completion: December 15, 2021
• Study Completion: January 1, 2022
• Last Updated: April 18, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BR (1)