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Weight Loss Intervention in Long-Haul Truck Drivers: A Pilot Study

NCT02348983 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2015-01-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Being obese can be a risk factor for many health problems, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, low back pain, heart attacks and some cancers. Truckers, who are integral to our economy, face challenges that put them at increased likelihood of being obese. The investigators want to come up with a program to help drivers get to a healthy weight and stay there.

The WHEEL pilot study is a 12 week weight loss intervention in long-haul commercial truck drivers. The study involves two visits to the University of Utah's Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, one at the start of the study and a second one at the end of the study. Both visits include a general health history questionnaire, a 24-hour diet recall questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, as well as an assessment of blood pressure, hemoglobin A1c, and a cholesterol and lipid panel. Each truck driver is assigned a health coach who helps the driver create and achieve three health goals.

The health coach works with the driver to set individualized goals specific to weight loss, and contacts the driver weekly to check in and tweak goals as needed.

Drivers are also compensated for their participation in the study and get to keep all of the intervention materials that the investigators give them. All that the researchers ask is that they try their best to have a healthier lifestyle and give us feedback on what they liked and didn't like in the study.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health Coaching via Telephone

Health coaching arm to assess feasibility of intervention among truck driving population. Coaching will be weekly with emphasis on both diet and physical activity. No medication or treatment devices are administered.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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