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Exercise Training on Metabolic Syndrome Severity in Employees

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Metabolic Syndrome
Interventions
Behavioral: Exercise training group
Registration Number
NCT03293264
Lead Sponsor
Hannover Medical School
Brief Summary

Hypothesis: An occupational 6 months physical exercise training will lead to better health behaviour and improve the severity of the metabolic syndrome.

312 subjects will be assigned to either an intervention or a waiting-control-group. The intervention group will receive instructions with the aim to perform 150 min exercise training per week. Exercise consists of endurance, strength and coordination training. A feedback system guided by sports scientists will be installed for all subjects in the intervention group using activity monitoring (wearable). After 6 months training subjects from the intervention group will be assigned to one of the following groups for follow-up observation from month 6 to months 12:

* training with personal/individual feedback from sport scientist

* training with automated feedback using activity monitoring Tools (wearable)

* training without further feedback Subjects assigned to the control group will be provided with information on low intensity motion exercises. After 6 months in the control group subjects will be provided with the same exercise intervention as the intervention for a duration of 6 months.

Study visits will be conducted at month 0, month 6, month 12, and a long-term follow-up at month 24..

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
314
Inclusion Criteria
  • 3 out of 5 parameters of the metabolic syndrome
Exclusion Criteria
  • ongoing participation in occupational health service
  • clinical relevant acute or chronic infections
  • pregnancy
  • surgery dating back less than 8 weeks
  • artificial joint replacement dating back less than 6 months
  • tumor disease dating back less than 5 years
  • every other disease or relevant functional disorder not allowing to participate in regular physical exercise

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Exercise training groupExercise training groupThe intervention group will be encouraged to perform 150 min of exercise training per week for 6 months. Subjects will be provided with individual feedback and exercise Training prescriptions. After month 6 subjects will be randomized to three different groups for follow-up observation.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline in Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) -Z-score6 months 12 months, 24 months

Z-Score (arbitrary unit, ranging from -2 to 2), assessed and calculated from the 5 established components of the metabolic syndrome: triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, fasting glucose, waist circumference, and systolic blood pressure.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline in Pmax6 months

Maximum workload reached in an graded exercise test (watt/kg Body Weight).

Change from baseline in Anxiety- and depression severity6 months, 12 months, 24 months

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, (outcomes: amxiety severity: Minimum 1 Point, Maximum 21 Points, Depression severity: Minimum 1 Point, Maximum 21 Points)

Change from baseline in adherence to training program6 months, 12 months, 24 months

percentage (%) of time (150 min per week) spend on exercising (minutes)

Change from baseline in Work-Ability-Index (WAI)6 months, 12 months, 24 months

score of WAI questionnaire, (Outcome work ability score: Minimum 1 Point, Maximum 49 Points)

Change from baseline in Body weight6 months

kg

Change from baseline in Health-related quality of live: score of SF36 questionnaire6 months, 12 months, 24 months

score of SF36 questionnaire (outcomes: physical component score: Minimum 1 Point, Maximum 100 Points, mental component score: Minimum 1 Point, Maximum 100 Points)

Change from baseline in body composition6 months, 12 months, 24 months

fat mass (kg), fat free mass (kg), visceral fat mass (kg)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

HannoverMS

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Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

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