App-technology to Improve Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Among Working Adults

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Lifestyle; Quality of Life; Mobile Applications; mHealth; Adults

• Registration Number: NCT03579342
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate if modern technology such as smartphone applications can be used to facilitate lifestyle changes and thereby improve health-related quality of life in gainfully employed persons in the general population in Stockholm, Sweden. The hypothesis is that at follow-up, the intervention group that use the new application will have improved health-related quality of life and other lifestyle habits including diet, physical activity and sleep, as well as biomarkers, compared to a control group.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-04-16
• Study First Submitted: 2018-05-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-06-25
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-06
• Primary Completion: 2019-05-15
• Study Completion: 2019-05-15
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-13
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 209

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• Ability to communicate in Swedish
• Have access to and use a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health related quality of life assessed by the RAND-36 questionnaire	12-weeks follow-up	Mental and Physical Health Scores (range 0-100) are assessed using 36 questions

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	Minutes per day spent on a sedentary, light, moderate or higher activity level assessed using accelerometers
HbA1c (Heamoglobin A1c)	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	mmol/mol
Total cholesterol	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	(mmol/L)
Apolipoprotein A1	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	(g/l)
Apolipoprotein B	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	(g/l)
Body Mass Index	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	(kg/m2)
Body weight	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	(kg)
Waist circumference	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	(cm)
Body composition	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	(%Body Fat)
Blood pressure (Systolic and Diastolic)	Baseline (week 0) and at 12-weeks follow-up	(mmHg)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Karolinska Institutet; 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Select One..., Sweden