Act Healthy! A Controlled Trial of Worksite Health Promotion

October 4, 2016 updated by: University of Missouri-Columbia
The purpose of this project is to determine if a worksite wellness intervention using a theoretically-based self-management model increases confidence for carrying out healthy behaviors and improves health practices of participating employees. The research questions are: 1) does the intervention produce between group differences in behavior self-efficacy and actual health behaviors, 2) are self-efficacy and performance of health behaviors related, and 3) do changes in self-efficacy result in changes in behavior.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The purpose of this project is to see if a six-week education program called Act Healthy! led by trained volunteers from the UM T.E. Atkins Wellness Program is able to help people who take the classes improve their confidence in their ability to choose good health behaviors and carry out new behaviors. The project will use the Stanford University Self-management education model and train volunteers to be teachers. People who work on the MU campus will be recruited to take a 50-minute class once a week for six weeks. Class members will complete questionnaires before and after the class and again three months later that ask about their health behaviors and confidence to perform health behaviors. This information will be analyzed to determine if the classes were effective in helping people act in healthier ways.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

91

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Missouri
      • Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65211
        • University of Missouri

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

21 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • full-time employee of the University of Missouri

Exclusion Criteria:

  • inability to read and speak in English

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Act Healthy!
Immediate treatment group of six-weeks of classes in self-management training for healthy behaviors
Behavioral: Act Healthy!
Six-week class of 50 minute sessions of self-management training for health behaviors
Other Names:
  • behavior change
  • self-management
  • health promotion
  • worksite wellness
Active Comparator: Delayed treatment control
Delayed self-management training group - begins following completion of the experimental group training
Behavioral: Act Healthy!
Six-week class of 50 minute sessions of self-management training for health behaviors
Other Names:
  • behavior change
  • self-management
  • health promotion
  • worksite wellness
Behavioral: Delayed treatment control
Delayed self-management training group - begins following completion of the experimental group training

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Self-report of health behaviors
Time Frame: pre-, post intervention; 3-month follow up
pre-, post intervention; 3-month follow up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
self-efficacy for health behaviors
Time Frame: pre- and post-intervention; 3-month follow up
pre- and post-intervention; 3-month follow up
Stages of change scale
Time Frame: pre- and post-intervention; 3-month follow up
pre- and post-intervention; 3-month follow up

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Missouri-Columbia

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Marian A Minor, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 18, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 18, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

June 19, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 5, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 4, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1141037

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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