Do Change in Life Style Improve Work Ability?

October 22, 2020 updated by: Anita Dyb Linge, Molde University College

Do Change in Life Style Improve Work Ability? A Controlled Study of the Effect of Changes in Lifestyle on Work Participation.

The main aim of this Cohort trial is to get more information about how life style changes affect work participation for people with BMI above 30. The information can contribute to improving the quality of occupational rehabilitation programs in the specialized health care services and for others who work with weight loss programs and work related rehabilitation programs.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The goal of rehabilitation, in general, is to help people to reach and maintain their optimal function and copying capabilities and to promote independence and participation in society. For occupational rehabilitation is the goal also to increase function and work ability to prevent the individuals permanent to fall out of working life. People with high BMI needs beside work rehabilitation also focus on life style changes to reduce consequences of obesity. The Central Norway Regional Health Authority (HMN RHF) has initiated action to reduce work absence and consequence of obesity by introducing a work related rehabilitation program for people with BMI above 30. This program combines work participation and life style changes and exists only in two institutions in Norway. The goal of the program is to increase function and work ability and weight loss. The program is new, and few documents exist on the effect and the correlation between life style changes and work ability. There is also need to question whether obesity is the reason for work absence or is there other factors that affect work ability. This trial wants to follow-up a group of people who have been participating occupational rehabilitation at Muritunet.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

95

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

  • Norway
    • Møre Og Romsdal
      • Valldal, Møre Og Romsdal, Norway, 6210
        • Anita Dyb Linge

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

18 years to 67 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. People who are on sick leave or stands in danger of being sick because of problems related to obesity.
  2. The participants must have a realistic opportunity to return to work.
  3. Body mass index above 30
  4. Age 18-67 years.

Exclusion criteria;

  1. People with a severe eating disorder.
  2. People without a capacity to consent.
  3. People with severe alcohol and/or drug abuse.
  4. People with a major mental illness.
  5. Being pregnant.
  6. People with a health condition that contraindicates physical activity.
  7. People who receive work assessment allowance.
  8. People with or plan to apply for disability benefits.
  9. People with permanently adapted work.

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Occupational rehabilitation
The participants will receive the current occupational rehabilitation program at Muritunet.
Behavioral: Occupational rehabilitation

The participants in the occupational rehabilitation program get both practical and theoretical intervention in groups. Four main interventions; cognitive therapy, physical activity, diets and training in work-oriented approach. The rehabilitation stay is as followed:

  1. Four weeks with an institutional stay at Muritunet (BL)

  2. Follow-up;

    1. Eight weeks, telephone contact between therapist at Muritunet and the participant.
    2. 16 weeks, video conference on SKYPE between all the participants and a therapist. Lecture on diets.
    3. 28 weeks, Follow-up at Muritunet. Central themes that day is education, conversation, physical test, and forms. (T1)
    4. 40 weeks, telephone contact between therapist at Muritunet and the participant.
    5. 52 weeks, Follow-up at Muritunet. Central themes that day is education, conversation, physical test, and forms. (T2)
Other Names:
  • Life style treatment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Work participation
Time Frame: 1-4 years
Work participation after a work related rehabilitation program at Muritunet.
1-4 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Life quality
Time Frame: Survey data collected at baseline, six and twelve months after participation in the trial.
Quality of life; health - 15D ( Harri Sintonen, http://www.15d-instrument.net)
Survey data collected at baseline, six and twelve months after participation in the trial.
Work motivation
Time Frame: Survey data collected at baseline, six and twelve months after participation in the trial.
Return to work self-efficacy, Return-to-work self-efficacy scale (RTWSE-19) (Shaw et al. 2011)
Survey data collected at baseline, six and twelve months after participation in the trial.
Weight loss
Time Frame: Weight collected at baseline, six and twelve months after participation in the trial.
Weight changing
Weight collected at baseline, six and twelve months after participation in the trial.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Molde University College

Collaborators

Volda University College

Investigators

  • Study Director: Odd Ragnar Hunnes, Dean, Volda University Collage

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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 (Actual)

August 30, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 31, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

August 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 12, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 13, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

September 18, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 23, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 22, 2020

Last Verified

October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2017/573

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

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