Interplay Between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, Lipid Profile and Blood Pressure: a Comparative Survey Among Healthcare and Non-Healthcare Female Workers

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension; Diet Habit; Hypercholesterolemia
• Interventions: Other: Observational

• Registration Number: NCT04596358
• Lead Sponsor: University of Bari Aldo Moro

Brief Summary

The study aims at testing the level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet among health-workers, comparing this aspect to the extra-working physical activity, anthropometric measures and prevalence of cardiovascular, metabolic and neoplastic diseases previously diagnosed.

Detailed Description

The study had a cross-sectional setting and included employees of both genders currently in service.

Baseline data collection was structured as follows:

* Clinical assessment and pathological history

* Anthropometric measurements;

* Haematochemical examinations;

* Screening to adherence to Med-Diet by using "MedDietScore" questionnaire

* Assessment of the Harvard Cancer Risk Index for the evaluation of risk factors, modifiable and not, of the most frequent oncological diseases in Italy (colon, lung, breast and prostate). The index provides an estimate of individual cancer risk and is not equivalent to a cancer diagnosis. In addition, the Harvard Cancer Risk Index itself can allow the doctor to advise the worker on useful measures to reduce it;

* International Physical Activity Questionnairre (IPAQ)

* Major anthropometric and haematochemical data also allow to obtain one of the most used risk indexes for cardiovascular diseases in the scientific literature the Framingham Score.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-03-10
• Primary Completion: 2019-02-28
• Study Completion: 2019-02-28
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-15
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-22
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 147

Inclusion Criteria

• Women of working age
• Level of education at least equal to Bachelor's degree

Exclusion Criteria

• Men
• Women under 20 years old or over 65 years old

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Non-Healthcare workers	Observational	Women who perform technical and managerial professions in a public administration body of which anthropometric and haematochemical data have been collected. Workers were given a questionnaire for the evaluation of the adherence to the Mediterranean diet.
Healtcare workers	Observational	Women who work as nurses or doctors in public hospitals of which anthropometric and haematochemical data have been collected. Workers were given a questionnaire for the evaluation of the adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet greater control of circulating lipid levels	at Baseline	Score of adherence (points)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
BMI (Body Mass Index)	Baseline	BMI in kilograms/(meters)2
LDL-Cholesterol	Baseline	LDL-Cholesterol in mg/dl
Fasting plasma glucose	Baseline	Fasting plasma glucose in mg/dl
Serum insulin	Baseline	Serum insulin microU/ml
systolic blood pressure	Baseline	systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
diastolic blood pressure	Baseline	diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Waist circumference	Baseline	Waist circumference in centimeters
Triglycerides	Baseline	Triglyceridesin mg/dl

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Antonella Pipoli; 🇮🇹 Bari, Puglia, Italy