Obesity, Lifestyle and Work Intervention

Summary

The main aim of this study was to examine whether introducing a work intervention into a traditional lifestyle rehabilitation program for persons with BMI above 30, would affect the participants' ability to work and their lifestyle change. The investigators wanted to find out how the participants experienced their health, workability and work capacity, quality of life, diet and self-efficacy before and during the intervention

Conditions

• Obesity
• Morbid Obesity
• Sick-leave
• Work Related Illnesses
• Life Style

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle and work intervention

The intervention period lasted for a year with three institution-based stays, 4 weeks at baseline and 2 weeks at 6 and 12 months. At baseline, participants got a functional assessment and an individual adjusted rehabilitation plan. At all three stages: The intervention contains activity training with a focus on the joy of movement, strength- and cardio-training. There were lectures and cognitive therapy to promote self-care and lifestyle change. The intervention contained lectures on diet, nutrition and cooking-classes. Participants set goals at baseline and adjusting these during the progress. Exercise programs was designed to use at home. The Cognitive Information Processing model of career guidance was the mainframe for the work dimension. All participants had talks with the work consultant at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Two work lectures, "Duties and rights as employees" and "Work as medicine". When needed the work consultant contacted the employer in order to facilitate changes.

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle intervention

The intervention period lasted for a year with three institution-based stay, 4 weeks at baseline and 2 weeks at 6 and 12 months. At baseline, participants got a functional assessment and an individual adjusted rehabilitation plan. At all three stages: The intervention contains activity training with focus on joy of movement, strength- and cardio-training. There was lectures and cognitive therapy to promote self-care and lifestyle change. The intervention contained lectures on diet, nutrition and cooking-classes. Participants set goals at baseline and adjusting these during the progress. They developed exercise programs designed to use at home.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

  collaborator OTHER

• Molde University College

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Geir Ove Vegsund · Muritunet

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-09-03

Primary Completion

2017-12-31

Completion

2018-02-01