The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention as a Workplace Health Promotion Program on Weight Loss

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• Conditions: Mindfulness; Workplace; Weight Loss; Health Promotion
• Interventions: Behavioral: Mindfulness-based Intervention; Behavioral: Health Education Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT03131128
• Lead Sponsor: Chung Shan Medical University

Brief Summary

The present study will carry out a workplace health promotion via MBI with lessons of dietary behavior to help overweight or obese workers to loss weight.

Detailed Description

The study will adopt a longitudinal research design with randomized quasi- experimental trial. The workers with overweight or obesity (BMI≧24) provided by the company will be randomly assigned to Group A (four lessons of dietary behavior and six lessons of MBI) or Group B (four lessons of dietary behavior and six lessons of mental health). There will be 100 participants in each group. Data will be collected five times. The research questionnaire includes basic information (including BMI, waist circumference, etc), Perceived Stress Scale, The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Food Cravings Questionnaire, the scale of physical activity and information regarding dietary behavior.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-04-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-04-24
• Study First Posted: 2017-04-27
• Study Start: 2017-05-01
• Status Verified: 2018-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-03-20
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-22
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-01
• Study Completion: 2019-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

1. adults aged 20 to 65 years old;
2. full-time workers with BMI ≧ 24;
3. motivated to participate in the study;

Exclusion Criteria

1. suffering from mental illness or in an acute episode;
2. suffering from life threatening or other major physical illness;
3. no motivation to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mindfulness-based Intervention	Mindfulness-based Intervention	2 sessions of diet nutrition education and 6 sessions of Mindfulness-based intervention, 1.5 hours each session.
Health Education Intervention	Health Education Intervention	2 sessions of diet nutrition education and 6 sessions of Health Education, 1.5 hours each session.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body Weight	Up to 10 months	Body weight will be recorded during the study carried out.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Stress	Up to 10 months	Measuring the level of perceived stress, using the Likert five-point scoring method, from 0-4 points, a total of 10 questions .The higher scores indicate higher pressure levels.
The level of Mindfulness	Up to 10 months	Measuring the level of Mindfulness, using the Likert five-point scoring method, a total of 39 questions, including the five concepts, namely: awareness (8 questions), description (8 questions), non-judging (8 questions), observation (8 questions), and non-reaction (7 questions). The higher scores indicate higher levels of mindfulness.
Dietary Behavior	Up to 10 months	Using the Dietary Behavior Questionnaire to measure the intake of types and proportion of food.
Food Cravings	Up to 10 months	Measuring the level of food cravings, use the Likert six-point scoring method, from 1-6 points, a total of 21 questions. The higher scores indicate higher food cravings levels.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chung Shan Medical University; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan