Motion sensors in a health promotion programme for healthcare workers doing shift work
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health behaviours of healthcare staff on shift workNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16420147
- Lead Sponsor
- Tsao-Tun Psychiatric Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Executive Yuan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged 18 years or older
2. Health care professionals
3. Shift work
4. Working in a mental hospital (Tsaotun Psychiatric Centre)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Unable to participate in the health promotion programmes for any reason
2. Unable to wear motion sensors for most of a single day during the period of study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Attendance rate to the health promotion programme, assessed by tracking how many times participants attend the programme over the course of the 24 week programme<br> 2. Completeness of daily personal health behaviour log, assessed using the total number of completed logs at the end of the 24 week programme<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> All secondary outcome measures will be assessed by 2 members of the research group who are blind to the assigned group of the participants and will be assessed at the baseline, after 12 weeks and after 24 weeks (end of the intervention):<br> 1. Objective measurements including changes in the following:<br> 1.1. Physical efficiency index (PEI), assessed by measuring heart rate after exercise according to the Harvard Step Test<br> 1.2. Body mass index (BMI), assessed using personal bodymetrics (weight in kg divided by height in m, squared (kg/m²))<br> 1.3. Body fat, assessed using skinfold calipers at the biceps, triceps, subscapular and suprailiac areas<br> 2. Subjective measurements, including the following:<br> 2.1. Self-developed questionnaires measuring health behaviours<br> 2.2. EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D)<br> 2.3. General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES)<br>