Effectiveness of a Supervised Hospital-based Physical Exercise

Effectiveness of a Supervised Hospital-based Physical Exercise Intervention to Reduce Stress in Health Care Professionals

To assess if physical activity is effective in reducing stress and anxiety in healthcare professionals.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Stress, Psychological; Anxiety
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: supervised physical exercise sessions; Other: unsupervised physical exercise

Detailed Description

To assess if physical activity is effective in reducing stress and anxiety in healthcare professionals.

To evaluate if physical activity is effective in improving the physical and mental state of health care professionals and improving several blood parameters (lipid profile and blood glucose).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 90
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Raquel Cobos; Phone Number: 945207935; Email: raquel.coboscampos@osakidetza.eus

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Alava
    • Vitoria-gasteiz, Alava, Spain, 01009
      • Recruiting
      • Araba University Hospital
      • Contact: RAQUEL COBOS, phD; Phone Number: +34945207935; Email: raquel.coboscampos@osakidetza.eus
    • Vitoria-gasteiz, Alava, Spain, 01009
      • Not yet recruiting
      • Bioaraba Health Research Institute
      • Contact: Raquel Cobos; Email: raquel.coboscampos@osakidetza.eus

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion criteria

• Apt for sports practice after review by the corresponding health professional of the Occupational Health Service,
• Motivation for sports practice (could be self-referred or on an EVA scale from a score for example of 6) being 0 not motivated at all and 10 totally motivated.

One could extrapolate the score limits of the EVA scale pain no motivation=0; mild motivation=1,2; moderate=3-5; high from 6.

• Professionals whose working day does not coincide with the hours during which the sessions are to be given.
• Professionals who do not work shifts.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any type of contraindication for sports practice (Annex I),
• Staff who, due to their activity, have greater mobility in the hospital (orderlies).
• Osteoarticular injuries, cervical and lumbalgias.

Withdrawal criteria

-Within the intervention group - absence maximum two weeks to the exercises. This will not be taken into account during the summer period.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: supervised physical exercise sessions; Participants assigned to the supervised exercise group will perform a supervised routine of approximately 30 minutes, 2 days per week (Monday and Wednesday at the Txagorritxu hospital, and Tuesday and Thursday at the Santiago hospital from 7:15 to 7:45 and from 15:15 to 15:45).	Other: supervised physical exercise sessions; Participants assigned to the supervised exercise group will perform a supervised routine of approximately 30 minutes, 2 days per week (Monday and Wednesday at the Txagorritxu hospital, and Tuesday and Thursday at the Santiago hospital from 7:15 to 7:45 and from 15:15 to 15:45).
Other: unsupervised physical exercise sessions; For the non-supervised group, we will propose climbing the stairs from floor 0 to floor 7 three times during the working day and doing planks and stretching exercises outside of work. For the latter, an educational session will be given at the beginning of the study to explain how to perform them correctly.	Other: unsupervised physical exercise; For the non-supervised group, we will propose climbing the stairs from floor 0 to floor 7 three times during the working day and doing planks and stretching exercises outside of work. For the latter, an educational session will be given at the beginning of the study to explain how to perform them correctly.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Perceived Stress	Perceived stress scale-PSS. PSS scores are obtained by inverting the responses (e.g. 0 = 4, 1 = 3, 2 = 2, 3 = 1 and 4 = 0) to the four positive items (items 4, 5, 7 and 8) and then adding up all the points on the scale.	at six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Goldberg anxiety questionnaire	Goldberg anxiety questionnaire. This questionnaire has a total of 9 items. A score greater than or equal to 4 is indicative of anxiety.	at six months
Short Form Survey_Mental health	Mental component of the SF12 questionnaire. For each of the 8 dimensions, the items are coded, aggregated and transformed into a scale ranging from 0 (worst health status for that dimension) to 100 (best health status). The number of response options ranges from three to six, depending on the item.	at six months
Short Form Survey_Physical condition	Physical component of the SF12 questionnaire. For each of the 8 dimensions, the items are coded, aggregated and transformed into a scale ranging from 0 (worst health status for that dimension) to 100 (best health status). The number of response options ranges from three to six, depending on the item.	at six months
Ruffier index	The Ruffier test is a test performed to measure short-term aerobic endurance and cardiac recovery capacity, and therefore the level of physical fitness in individuals. An index below 0 indicates a good physical condition. Its average value is between 5 and 10. Above 10 the patient is considered to have a poor adaptation to exertion.	at six months
Weight	Weight	at six months
Body mass index	Body mass index	at six months
lipid profile	Colesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides	at six months
glycosylated hemoglobin	glycosylated hemoglobin	at six months
work absenteeism	work absenteeism	at six months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Bioaraba Health Research Institute

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): July 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 15, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 19, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): April 20, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 18, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 14, 2022
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Stress, Psychological
• Other Study ID Numbers: PA01

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