WHHIP-PLUS: The Worksite Heart Health Improvement Project-PLUS
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The goal of this proposed study is to test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of worksite wellness program designed to reduce worker stress (job and personal) and improve cardiovascular disease among long-term care workers.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
This is a cluster randomized control trial (n=164) delivered in four long-term care worksites. Aim 1 is to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the Worksite Heart Health Improvement Project-PLUS (WHHIP-PLUS) on workers' composite Life's Simple 7 scores. Hypothesis: workers exposed to the WHHIP-PLUS will report improved adherence to heart healthy behaviors and a reduction in cardiovascular disease risk factors measured by a composite Life's Simple 7 score at 6 months and 12 months compared to those exposed to education-only control. Aim 2 is to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the WHHIP-PLUS on workers' stress levels. Hypothesis: workers exposed to the WHHIP-PLUS will report decreased stress as measured by stress scales at the same 2 time-points compared to those exposed to education-only control. Aim 3 is to evaluate the feasibility of integrating the WHHIP-PLUS with long-term care workers over time. Feasibility will be based on evidence of delivery, receipt, and enactment of the intervention.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: WHHIP-PLUS Component I: Stakeholder Group Involvement: Component II: Environment Assessment: Component III: Organizational Changes To Reduce Job Stress: Component IV- Worker Health Behavior Change: |
Behavioral: WHHIP PLUS
Worksite health promotion and occupational health and safety (total worker health)
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| Active Comparator: Education only Education |
Behavioral: Education only control
Education at the start of the project
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Cardiovascular disease risk [baseline, 6-months, 12-months]
Composite life simple 7 scores and individual scores from life simple 7 components (blood pressure, weight, cholesterol, blood sugar, tobacco exposure, diet, physical activity)
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Short version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-Stress- (DASS-S) [baseline, 6-months, 12-months]
Personal mood assessment tool, it can be scored as a composite mood score or three individual subscales, higher indicates more stress, 0-21 for each subscale or 0-63 for the composite
- Modified Whitehall Job Characteristics Questionnaire [baseline, 6-months, 12-months]
Tool, measures, control (range 0-45 or can be split into 2 further subscales), demands (range 0-12), and support (range 0-27)
Other Outcome Measures
- Modified Nursing Assistant Self-efficacy for Restorative Care (NASERC) [baseline, 6-months, 12-months]
Tool to assess staff encouraging their patients to engage in heart healthy behaviors, range 0-36, higher means more self-efficacy
- Modified Nursing Assistant Outcome Expectations for Restorative Care (NAOERC) [baseline, 6-months, 12-months]
Tool to assess staff encouraging their patients to engage in heart healthy behaviors, range 0-44, higher means more outcome expectations
- Sleep [baseline, 6-months, 12-months]
Accelerometer
- Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) [baseline, 6-months, 12-months]
Percent of body fat and muscle mass
- Modified Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [baseline, 6-months, 12-months]
Individual items on sleep hours and quality
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Over the age of 18
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Able to understand and speak English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not employed by the facility
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 19TPA34830011