Training Program and Mobile Health Message on Promoting Family Holistic Health

The Efficacy of Training Programme and Mobile Health Message on Promoting Family Holistic Health

In this study, the investigators would use the training workshops as a capacity build method to deliver the holistic health knowledge for the trainers and ambassadors implementing and assisting the community-based programs for the public. The investigators hypothesize that the training workshops and mobile health messages would promote the health awareness and the health of the participants. The investigators would expect the participants influence the health behavior and attitude of their family members.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Quality of Life; Physical Activity; Health Behavior
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Holistic health training and physical exercise messages; Behavioral: Holistic Health Training with healthy diet messages

Detailed Description

Holistic health is an integration and interaction of physical and psychosocial health. Positive psychology is a science of happiness, which focuses on positive emotions and personal strengths. It is used as a preventive and complementary medicine, which also is crucial component in family holistic health (happiness, harmony and health). Healthy diet can help to achieve energy balance and healthy weights. Sufficient daily consumption of fruit and vegetables, as well as limitation on the intake of sugar, salt and fat could prevent major diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers. Physical activity is believed to contribute to physical and mental health, as well as social well-being. However, physical inactivity was found to be a local and worldwide issue. and most Hong Kong people are having sedentary lifestyle. Studies show that the increase of physical activity and healthy diet reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and improve cardio-pulmonary functions; whereas sedentary behaviors increase the risk.

The Project team will schedule the training workshops for the trainers and ambassadors implementing and assisting community-based programs for the public. The investigators hypothesize that the training workshops and mobile health messages would promote the health awareness and the health of the participants. The investigators hypothesize that the training workshops promote the participants' knowledge and enhance the participants' behaviors related to family holistic health, such as positive psychology, physical activity and healthy diet. The investigators would expect the participants influence the health attitude of their family members.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 240
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 852
    • The Boys' and girls' association of Hong Kong

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 100 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Chinese speaking
• able to complete study questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:

• not fit the inclusion criteria

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Physical activity message; Participants will receive training on healthy living style focusing on positive psychology, physical activity and healthy diet, and health messages related to physical activity. The training workshop include one core session and one booster session at one month. Daily messages in relation to physical activity will be sent to the participants.	Behavioral: Holistic health training and physical exercise messages; The physical activity message arm includes a training workshop in relation to holistic health, and daily physical activity messages.
Active Comparator: Healthy diet message; Participants will receive training on healthy living style focusing on positive psychology, physical activity and healthy diet, and health messages related to healthy diet . The training workshop include one core session and one booster session at one month. Daily messages in relation to healthy diet will be sent to the participants.	Behavioral: Holistic Health Training with healthy diet messages; The healthy diet message arm includes a training workshop in relation to holistic health, and daily healthy diet messages.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in knowledge in relation to physical activity	Change in knowledge in relation to physical activity will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline and one month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in knowledge in relation to physical activity	Change in knowledge in relation to physical activity will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, immediately after core session, one month, and three months
Change in attitude on performing physical activity	Change in attitude on performing physical activity will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, immediately after core session, one month, and three months
Change in health behaviour in relation to physical activity	Change in health behaviour on performing physical activity will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, immediately after core session, one month, and three months
Change in quality of life	Change in quality of life will be assessed by SF12 v2 health survey (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, one month and three months
Change in personal happiness	Change in subjective happiness will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire ( a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, one month and three months
Change in personal health	Change in personal health will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, one month and three months
Change in family well-being	Change in family well-being will be assessed by family well-being scale (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, one month and three months
Change in knowledge sharing with family members in relation of physical activity	Change in knowledge sharing with family members in relation to physical activity will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, one month, three months
Change in knowledge sharing with family members in relation of healthy diet	Change in knowledge sharing with family members in relation to healthy diet will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire ( a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, one month, three months
Change in behavior to appraise family members	Change in behavior to appraise family members will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire ( a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, one month, three months
Change in health behavior of performing physical activity with family members	Change in health behavior of performing physical activity with family members will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, one month, three months
Change in health behavior of taking healthy diet with family members	Change in health behavior of taking healthy diet with family members will be assessed by outcome-based questionnaire (a visual analogue scale)	Baseline, one month, three months
Change in physical fitness	Physical fitness will be assessed by simple physical tests. Balance will be assessed through a simple fitness test called single-leg stand (measuring seconds).	Baseline, one month
Change in physical fitness	Physical fitness will be assessed by simple physical tests. Muscle endurance will be assessed through a simple test called Chair-to-stand ( measuring unit: time).	Baseline, one month
Change in physical fitness	Physical fitness will be assessed by simple physical tests. Flexibility will be assessed through a simple fitness test called seat and reach (measuring unit: cm).	Baseline, one month
Change in physical fitness	Physical fitness will be assessed by simple physical tests. Body mass index will be assessed through body weight and body height measuring scales (measuring unit: BMI in kg/m^2, weight in kilograms, height in meters) .	Baseline, one month
Change in physical fitness	Physical fitness will be assessed by simple physical tests. Lower limb muscle strength will be assessed through a vertical jump measuring device (measuring unit: cm ).	Baseline, one month
Change in physical fitness	Physical fitness will be assessed by simple physical tests. Handgrip strength will be assessed through handgrip dynamometers (measuring unit: kg) .	Baseline, one month
Satisfaction towards training program	Satisfaction towards training session will be assessed by a program evaluation outcome-based questionnaire ( a visual analogue scale)	immediately after core session, immediately after one-month booster session

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
• Collaborators: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charties Trust
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Agnes YK Lai, DN, The University of Hong Kong

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Bellicha A, Kieusseian A, Fontvieille AM, Tataranni A, Charreire H, Oppert JM. Stair-use interventions in worksites and public settings - a systematic review of effectiveness and external validity. Prev Med. 2015 Jan;70:3-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.11.001. Epub 2014 Nov 10.
• Yoshikawa H. Integrating methods in the science of family health: new directions from an institute of medicine workshop report. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Jul 1;166(7):659-61. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.510. No abstract available.
• Radtke T, Rackow P. Autonomous motivation is not enough: the role of compensatory health beliefs for the readiness to change stair and elevator use. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014 Nov 28;11(12):12412-28. doi: 10.3390/ijerph111212412.

Helpful Links

• Department of Health: Physical activity

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 30, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): November 30, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 29, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 31, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): January 1, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 12, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 10, 2018
• Last Verified: July 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Physical Activity; Family well-being
• Other Study ID Numbers: UW15-478

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO