Fit Over 45 - a Health Promotion Project for Inactive Female Hospital Staff Age 45+ From the University Hospital of Zürich

November 6, 2014 updated by: University of Zurich

Background:

Despite the well-known benefits of exercise, 64% of the Swiss population do not fulfill the public health recommendation of physical activity. A survey of female staff members over 45 years of age from the University Hospital Zurich at the end of 2003 showed that physical inactivity is also prevalent in this population.

Aim:

To assess whether inactive women working at a large hospital centre prefer Nordic Walking (NW) or a Jogging (J) as a health promotion strategy. (2) To test whether the method chosen by the majority improves physical performance, physical activity, body weight and composition, and bone mineral density.

Methods: The investigators will send out a questionnaire to all female staff members at a large hospital centre age 45 and older, ask whether they are inactive, and whether they prefer Nordic Walking or Jogging as a health promotion strategy. Depending on the preference of the majority of the women, the investigators will then ask inactive female staff members age 45+ to participate in a 12-months randomized controlled trial comparing training plus nutrition education to nutrition education alone. The training will have a 3-month building-up phase followed up by an in part unsupervised training of 9 months. All participants will receive a lecture on healthy nutrition once a months for 12 months. The investigators will assess diet with a food frequency questionnaire at baseline and after 12 and 24 months.

The primary endpoint is: physical performance, measured with the 12-minute Coopertest.

The secondary endpoints are: level of physical activity, body mass index, body composition and bone mineral density at the spine and the hip.

Importance: This project will address the questions which physical activities are preferred by inactive women and whether the preferred training improves physical performance, physical activity, body mass index, body composition and bone mineral density. In addition, our study will explore whether those women who changed their diet in addition to being randomized to the training group have an enhanced benefit.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

108

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

  • Switzerland
    • ZH
      • Zurich, ZH, Switzerland, 8091
        • University Hospital Zurich, Centre on Aging and Mobility

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

45 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • USZ-staff, at least 45 years old, insufficiently active according to the Swiss recommendation of health enhancing physical activity (neither 30 minutes of moderate physical activity at least five days in the week nor 20 minutes of vigorous physical activity at least two times per week) and written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria:

  • Acute osteoporotic fracture (<3 month), disability of the musculoskeletal system or cardiovascular diseases which do not allow an endurance training.

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: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
physical performance
Time Frame: baseline, 3, 12 and 24 months
baseline, 3, 12 and 24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Zurich

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Heike Bischoff Ferrari, MD, MPH, University Hospital Zurich, Centre on Aging and Mobility

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 25, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 15, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

December 16, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 7, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 6, 2014

Last Verified

November 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1-bischoff

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