Health and Quality of Life of ITMO University's Students, Faculty and Staff

Selected Health and Quality of Life Indicators Among ITMO University Students, Faculty and Staff

This study assess various indicators of physical and mental health, quality of life, well-being and satisfaction among students, faculty and staff of ITMO University. Participants are invited to join the study via informational web-site. Several quality of life indicators are obtained via surveys and some blood samples are taken to assess health condition.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Quality of Life

Detailed Description

Students, faculty and staff from ITMO University are invited to participate in health examination on the campus. Surveys, such as EQ-5D-5L, K10+OHQ29, PSQI and others, assess different aspects of quality of life related to health. Also participants are asked to undergo several measurements by the interviewer (waist, hips, height, weight and others). Moreover blood samples are taken from the participants and lipidogram, cholesterol and glycohemoglobin are checked.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 830

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Russian Federation
  • Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
    • ITMO University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Students, faculty and staff from ITMO University

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• student, faculty or staff from ITMO University
• participants, who signed informed consent and consent for data gathering
• participants, who signed consent to enroll in following surveys and health check-ups

Exclusion Criteria:

• participants younger than 16 years old
• participants with acute conditions distorting quality of life assessment
• participants, who did not sign informed consent and consent for data gathering - participants, who did not sign consent to enroll in following surveys and health check-ups

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Healthy adults (16+); Healthy students, faculty and staff of ITMO University older than 16 years

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Cholesterol	Measured by A15 biochemical automatic analyzer (Biosystem, Spain)	30 days
Lipidogram	Measured by A15 biochemical automatic analyzer (Biosystem, Spain)	30 days
Glycohemoglobin	Measured by Architect c8000	30 days
Distress	Global measure of distress based on questions about anxiety and depressive symptoms that a person has experienced in the most recent 4 week period measured by Kessler-10 questionnaire	30 days
Psychological well-being	Measured by Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ)	30 days
Health status and quality of life	Measured by EuroQOL-5 Dimension Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L)	30 days
Nicotine dependence	Nicotine dependence across all nicotine product types including cigarettes and electronic cigarettes measured by The Penn State Nicotine Dependence Index	30 days
Diabetes risk score	The 10-year risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), including asymptomatic diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) measured by The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score	30 days
Sleep quality and disturbances.	Measured by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index	30 days
Physical activity	The types of intensity of physical activity and sitting time that people do as part of their daily lives measured by International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form	30 days
Emotional eating, external eating, and restrained eating behavior	Qualitative and quantitative assessment of eating disorders associated with overeating and accompanying obesity measured by Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire	30 days
Alcohol use	Problematic alcohol use, including possible alcohol use disorders measured by The Russian version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)	30 days
Ischemic heart disease prediction	Measured by The Rose angina screening questionnaire	30 days
Retinopathy	Measured with non-mydriatic fundus camera	30 days
Ocular fundus condition	Measured with non-mydriatic fundus camera	30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: ITMO University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 2, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 24, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 24, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): May 27, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): March 5, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 4, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: students; faculty; academia; university
• Other Study ID Numbers: 922022/4.3.1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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