NCT03286374

Do Change in Life Style Improve Work Ability?

Do Change in Life Style Improve Work Ability? A Controlled Study of the Effect of Changes in Lifestyle on Work Participation.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 95 (actual)
• Sponsor: Molde University College · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 67 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main aim of this Cohort trial is to get more information about how life style changes affect work participation for people with BMI above 30. The information can contribute to improving the quality of occupational rehabilitation programs in the specialized health care services and for others who work with weight loss programs and work related rehabilitation programs.

Detailed description

The goal of rehabilitation, in general, is to help people to reach and maintain their optimal function and copying capabilities and to promote independence and participation in society. For occupational rehabilitation is the goal also to increase function and work ability to prevent the individuals permanent to fall out of working life. People with high BMI needs beside work rehabilitation also focus on life style changes to reduce consequences of obesity. The Central Norway Regional Health Authority (HMN RHF) has initiated action to reduce work absence and consequence of obesity by introducing a work related rehabilitation program for people with BMI above 30. This program combines work participation and life style changes and exists only in two institutions in Norway. The goal of the program is to increase function and work ability and weight loss. The program is new, and few documents exist on the effect and the correlation between life style changes and work ability. There is also need to question whether obesity is the reason for work absence or is there other factors that affect work ability. This trial wants to follow-up a group of people who have been participating occupational rehabilitation at Muritunet.

Conditions

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

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Occupational rehabilitation	The participants in the occupational rehabilitation program get both practical and theoretical intervention in groups. Four main interventions; cognitive therapy, physical activity, diets and training in work-oriented approach. The rehabilitation stay is as followed: 1. Four weeks with an institutional stay at Muritunet (BL) 2. Follow-up; 1. Eight weeks, telephone contact between therapist at Muritunet and the participant. 2. 16 weeks, video conference on SKYPE between all the participants and a therapist. Lecture on diets. 3. 28 weeks, Follow-up at Muritunet. Central themes that day is education, conversation, physical test, and forms. (T1) 4. 40 weeks, telephone contact between therapist at Muritunet and the participant. 5. 52 weeks, Follow-up at Muritunet. Central themes that day is education, conversation, physical test, and forms. (T2)

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-08-30
• Primary completion: 2019-08-31
• Completion: 2019-08-31
• First posted: 2017-09-18
• Last updated: 2020-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway