Fit Over 45 - a Health Promotion Project for Inactive Female Hospital Staff Age 45+ From the University Hospital of Zürich
Background:
Despite the well-known benefits of exercise, 64% of the Swiss population do not fulfill the public health recommendation of physical activity. A survey of female staff members over 45 years of age from the University Hospital Zurich at the end of 2003 showed that physical inactivity is also prevalent in this population.
Aim:
To assess whether inactive women working at a large hospital centre prefer Nordic Walking (NW) or a Jogging (J) as a health promotion strategy. (2) To test whether the method chosen by the majority improves physical performance, physical activity, body weight and composition, and bone mineral density.
Methods: The investigators will send out a questionnaire to all female staff members at a large hospital centre age 45 and older, ask whether they are inactive, and whether they prefer Nordic Walking or Jogging as a health promotion strategy. Depending on the preference of the majority of the women, the investigators will then ask inactive female staff members age 45+ to participate in a 12-months randomized controlled trial comparing training plus nutrition education to nutrition education alone. The training will have a 3-month building-up phase followed up by an in part unsupervised training of 9 months. All participants will receive a lecture on healthy nutrition once a months for 12 months. The investigators will assess diet with a food frequency questionnaire at baseline and after 12 and 24 months.
The primary endpoint is: physical performance, measured with the 12-minute Coopertest.
The secondary endpoints are: level of physical activity, body mass index, body composition and bone mineral density at the spine and the hip.
Importance: This project will address the questions which physical activities are preferred by inactive women and whether the preferred training improves physical performance, physical activity, body mass index, body composition and bone mineral density. In addition, our study will explore whether those women who changed their diet in addition to being randomized to the training group have an enhanced benefit.
研究概览
研究类型
注册 (实际的)
阶段
- 不适用
联系人和位置
学习地点
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ZH
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Zurich、ZH、瑞士、8091
- University Hospital Zurich, Centre on Aging and Mobility
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参与标准
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
接受健康志愿者
有资格学习的性别
描述
Inclusion criteria:
- USZ-staff, at least 45 years old, insufficiently active according to the Swiss recommendation of health enhancing physical activity (neither 30 minutes of moderate physical activity at least five days in the week nor 20 minutes of vigorous physical activity at least two times per week) and written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria:
- Acute osteoporotic fracture (<3 month), disability of the musculoskeletal system or cardiovascular diseases which do not allow an endurance training.
学习计划
研究是如何设计的?
设计细节
- 主要用途:预防
- 分配:随机化
- 介入模型:并行分配
- 屏蔽:无(打开标签)
研究衡量的是什么?
主要结果指标
结果测量 |
大体时间 |
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physical performance
大体时间:baseline, 3, 12 and 24 months
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baseline, 3, 12 and 24 months
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合作者和调查者
调查人员
- 首席研究员:Heike Bischoff Ferrari, MD, MPH、University Hospital Zurich, Centre on Aging and Mobility
研究记录日期
研究主要日期
学习开始
初级完成 (实际的)
研究完成 (实际的)
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首次提交
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
首次发布 (估计)
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最后更新发布 (估计)
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
最后验证
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