Healthy Life Centers - Municipal Health Care Service for Lifestyle Changes - a Multicenter Intervention Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Musculoskeletal Disease; Psychological Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Healthy Life Center

• Registration Number: NCT03026296
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

A Healthy Life Center (HLC, 'Frisklivssentrale') is a public community-based health service providing lifestyle support programs for physical activity, smoking cessation and diet, to inhabitants with increased risk for development of non-communicable diseases. HLCs intention is to reach physically inactive people who need guidance to get more physically active, and offer them a lifestyle program for three months or more.

The main aim of this study is to study whether the HLCs, organized according to the Norwegian Directorate of Health's guidelines for municipal healthy life centers, affects the participants short term (3 months) and long term (15 months) physical activity level. Also changes in diet, tobacco use, health related quality of life, physical fitness, anthropometry, self-efficacy, motivation, drug use, use of health services and work participation will be assessed. Secondary aim is to study whether there are any moderators, such as HLCs capacity, expertise, and collaboration with other services, that have significance for participants' change. Also it will be studied whether the HLCs result in larger changes in some subgroups (e.g. socioeconomic) of participants than in others.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-08
• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-17
• Study First Posted: 2017-01-20
• Primary Completion: 2019-12
• Study Completion: 2019-12
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1022

Inclusion Criteria

• about to start structural support for lifestyle change (regarding physical activity, diet and/or tobacco cessation
• referred to a Healthy Life Center (HLC) from either primary physician, from other health care services or social services, or participants seeking contact themselves without a specific referral.

Exclusion Criteria

• having participated in an HLC the previous 6 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Participators in HLCs	Healthy Life Center	Adults with high risk of non-communicable diseases (musculoskeletal disease, obesity, physical distress) about to start a 3 months structural support for lifestyle change in a Healthy Life Center (HLC) in Norway

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
physical activity	change from 3 months to 15 months	measured by accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+) for seven consecutive days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Tobacco use	change from 3 months to 15 months	assessed by questionnaire
Waist circumference	change from 3 months to 15 months	measured by Seca measurement tape
Physical fitness	change from 3 months to 15 months	assessed by a standardized progressive walking protocol to a submaximal workload on a treadmill
Physical activity	change from 3 months to 15 months	assessed by questionnaire
Diet	change from 3 months to 15 months	assessed by questionnaire
Body weight	change from 3 months to 15 months	measured on a scale digital weight
Body Mass Index	change from 3 months to 15 months	body height measured by a Seca altimeter
health related quality of life	change from 3 months to 15 months	assessed by SF-36 questionnaire
Hip circumference	change from 3 months to 15 months	measured by Seca measurement tape

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Frisklivssentrale; 🇳🇴 Laerdal (plus 6 More Communities), Sogn Og Fjordane County, Norway