Healthy Life Centers - Municipal Health Care Service for Lifestyle Changes - a Multicenter Intervention Study
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
A Healthy Life Center (HLC, 'Frisklivssentrale') is a public community-based health service providing lifestyle support programs for physical activity, smoking cessation and diet, to inhabitants with increased risk for development of non-communicable diseases. HLCs intention is to reach physically inactive people who need guidance to get more physically active, and offer them a lifestyle program for three months or more.
The main aim of this study is to study whether the HLCs, organized according to the Norwegian Directorate of Health's guidelines for municipal healthy life centers, affects the participants short term (3 months) and long term (15 months) physical activity level. Also changes in diet, tobacco use, health related quality of life, physical fitness, anthropometry, self-efficacy, motivation, drug use, use of health services and work participation will be assessed. Secondary aim is to study whether there are any moderators, such as HLCs capacity, expertise, and collaboration with other services, that have significance for participants' change. Also it will be studied whether the HLCs result in larger changes in some subgroups (e.g. socioeconomic) of participants than in others.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Participators in HLCs Adults with high risk of non-communicable diseases (musculoskeletal disease, obesity, physical distress) about to start a 3 months structural support for lifestyle change in a Healthy Life Center (HLC) in Norway |
Behavioral: Healthy Life Center
Depending on what behavior participants aim to change, they get individual counselling using elements from motivational interviewing, group-based exercise twice a week, diet courses and tobacco secession courses during three months
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- physical activity [change from baseline to 3 months]
measured by accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+) for seven consecutive days
- physical activity [change from 3 months to 15 months]
measured by accelerometer (ActiGraph GT3X+) for seven consecutive days
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Physical activity [change from baseline to 3 months]
assessed by questionnaire
- Physical activity [change from 3 months to 15 months]
assessed by questionnaire
- health related quality of life [change from baseline to 3 months]
assessed by SF-36 questionnaire
- health related quality of life [change from 3 months to 15 months]
assessed by SF-36 questionnaire
- Diet [change from baseline to 3 months]
assessed by questionnaire
- Diet [change from 3 months to 15 months]
assessed by questionnaire
- Tobacco use [change from baseline to 3 months]
assessed by questionnaire
- Tobacco use [change from 3 months to 15 months]
assessed by questionnaire
- Physical fitness [change from baseline to 3 months]
assessed by a standardized progressive walking protocol to a submaximal workload on a treadmill
- Physical fitness [change from 3 months to 15 months]
assessed by a standardized progressive walking protocol to a submaximal workload on a treadmill
- Body weight [change from baseline to 3 months]
measured on a scale digital weight
- Body weight [change from 3 months to 15 months]
measured on a scale digital weight
- Body Mass Index [change from baseline to 3 months]
body height measured by a Seca altimeter
- Body Mass Index [change from 3 months to 15 months]
body height measured by a Seca altimeter
- Waist circumference [change from baseline to 3 months]
measured by Seca measurement tape
- Waist circumference [change from 3 months to 15 months]
measured by Seca measurement tape
- Hip circumference [change from baseline to 3 months]
measured by Seca measurement tape
- Hip circumference [change from 3 months to 15 months]
measured by Seca measurement tape
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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about to start structural support for lifestyle change (regarding physical activity, diet and/or tobacco cessation
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referred to a Healthy Life Center (HLC) from either primary physician, from other health care services or social services, or participants seeking contact themselves without a specific referral.
Exclusion Criteria:
- having participated in an HLC the previous 6 months
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Frisklivssentrale | Drammen (plus 9 More Communities) | Buskerud County | Norway | |
| 2 | Frisklivssentrale | Levanger (plus 4 More Communities) | Nord-Trøndelag County | Norway | |
| 3 | Frisklivssentrale | Bodo (plus 11 More Communities) | Nordland County | Norway | |
| 4 | Frisklivssentrale | Laerdal (plus 6 More Communities) | Sogn Og Fjordane County | Norway |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Investigators
- Study Director: Riina Kiik, phd, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Study Director: Erik Kyrkjebø, phd, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Additional Information:
Publications
None provided.- 2016/546-1