NCT01299051

Steps to Health: Targeting Obesity in the Health Care Workplace

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 550 (actual)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The proposal of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two worksite weight management programs at Duke: Steps to Health (STH) ('usual standard of care') and the more extensive Steps to Health Plus! (STH+). We have added an additional follow-up, by invitation only, for participants in the study who agreed to be contacted for future research.

Detailed description

Steps to Health and Steps to Health Plus! aim to help Duke employees achieve weight loss and maintain healthy weights. We will be following participants in these programs over a two year period. These two groups will be compared with an observational comparison group of employees who meet eligibility criteria but do not take part in the randomized controlled trial. We will assess whether the two programs decrease obesity-related injuries in the workplace and estimate the net costs of the two programs relative to their effectiveness more broadly. In the additional follow-up, we will be assessing factors that may be related to program success. This will include a survey as well as some focus group data.

Conditions

• Overweight
• Obese

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Steps to Health	Steps to Health (STH): The STH curriculum is a 12-month educational program targeting obese employees for healthy lifestyle changes for weight loss. The program includes: * Face-to-face visit with counselor during Month 1 to set specific health goals. * Telephone counseling at 6 and 12 months, coupled with biometric feedback sessions. * Monthly generic health education materials sent via e-mail. * Incentives (up to 1,000 STH dollars \[$100\]) to take part in the program assessments.
BEHAVIORAL	Steps to Health Plus!	The STH+ intervention is an intensive 12-month behavioral intervention targeting obese employees. It is stage-based and works with the participant at his/her level of readiness to change using counseling based on motivational interviewing. STH+ includes: * Face-to-face visit with counselor at Month 1 * Meeting with exercise physiologist in Month 2 * Monthly counseling sessions (in-person in Months 3, 6, 9 and 12, others via telephone) * Meeting with exercise physiologist during Month 5 * Quarterly biometric feedback (Months 3, 6, 9, and 12) * Incentives (up to 1,000 STH dollars \[$100\]) to take part in the program assessments.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2011-02-18
• Last updated: 2016-03-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States