The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention as a Workplace Health Promotion Program on Weight Loss

A Pilot Study of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention as a Workplace Health Promotion Program on Weight Loss

The present study will carry out a workplace health promotion via MBI with lessons of dietary behavior to help overweight or obese workers to loss weight.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Weight Loss; Health Promotion; Mindfulness; Workplace
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mindfulness-based Intervention; Behavioral: Health Education Intervention

Detailed Description

The study will adopt a longitudinal research design with randomized quasi- experimental trial. The workers with overweight or obesity (BMI≧24) provided by the company will be randomly assigned to Group A (four lessons of dietary behavior and six lessons of MBI) or Group B (four lessons of dietary behavior and six lessons of mental health). There will be 100 participants in each group. Data will be collected five times. The research questionnaire includes basic information (including BMI, waist circumference, etc), Perceived Stress Scale, The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Food Cravings Questionnaire, the scale of physical activity and information regarding dietary behavior.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 200
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taichung, Taiwan, 402
    • Recruiting
    • Chung Shan Medical University
    • Contact: Shu-Ling Huang, Ph.D; Phone Number: 12301 +886-2473-0022; Email: shuling@csmu.edu.tw

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. adults aged 20 to 65 years old;
2. full-time workers with BMI ≧ 24;
3. motivated to participate in the study;

Exclusion Criteria:

1. suffering from mental illness or in an acute episode;
2. suffering from life threatening or other major physical illness;
3. no motivation to participate in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Mindfulness-based Intervention; 2 sessions of diet nutrition education and 6 sessions of Mindfulness-based intervention, 1.5 hours each session.	Behavioral: Mindfulness-based Intervention; Keeping mindful when selecting food.; Be aware of hunger and satiety by the body clues.; Understanding how stress affect diet and life, and learn how to cope with stress in life.; Learning to identify overeating caused by mood, social stress and specific food.
Active Comparator: Health Education Intervention; 2 sessions of diet nutrition education and 6 sessions of Health Education, 1.5 hours each session.	Behavioral: Health Education Intervention; Identifying improper diet patterns and attitudes; Understanding the impact of irrational cognition and attitudes on dietary behavior; Training coping skills for stresses in real life and preventing the recurrence of bulimia.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Body Weight	Body weight will be recorded during the study carried out.	Up to 10 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dietary Behavior	Using the Dietary Behavior Questionnaire to measure the intake of types and proportion of food.	Up to 10 months
Food Cravings	Measuring the level of food cravings, use the Likert six-point scoring method, from 1-6 points, a total of 21 questions. The higher scores indicate higher food cravings levels.	Up to 10 months
Perceived Stress	Measuring the level of perceived stress, using the Likert five-point scoring method, from 0-4 points, a total of 10 questions .The higher scores indicate higher pressure levels.	Up to 10 months
The level of Mindfulness	Measuring the level of Mindfulness, using the Likert five-point scoring method, a total of 39 questions, including the five concepts, namely: awareness (8 questions), description (8 questions), non-judging (8 questions), observation (8 questions), and non-reaction (7 questions). The higher scores indicate higher levels of mindfulness.	Up to 10 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Chung Shan Medical University
• Collaborators: Changhua Christian Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Feng-Cheng Tang, Changhua Christian Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 20, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 24, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): April 27, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 22, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 20, 2018
• Last Verified: March 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Obesity; Weight loss; Mindfulness-based intervention; Workplace health promotion
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Body Weight Changes; Weight Loss; Body Weight
• Other Study ID Numbers: ChungShanMU

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

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

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No