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NCT Number: NCT07785947

Intervention to Increase Physical Activity and Wellbeing Among Staff and Residents in Assisted Living Facilities

The purpose of the study is to test a program that aims to help staff increase wellness behaviors and test the impact of this program on staff and work outcomes. We will also assess the impact of the program on residents' physical activity and function.

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Key information

Conditions

Worksite Health Promotion Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Burnout, Professional Burnout, Psychological Healthcare Workers Lifestyle Risk Reduction Long Term Care Facility Motor Activity Occupational Burnout Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Older Adults Institutionalized in Residential Homes Physical Activity Risk Reduction Behavior Stress, Psychological

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

Location contact

Kelly Doran

CONTACT

[email protected]

410-706-5470

About this study

The Worksite Heart Health Improvement Project + Function Focused Care (WHIPP+FFC) is an innovative worksite wellness program to reduce sedentary behavior for staff and residents in assisted living. The WHHIP + FFC uses the social ecological model and theory of self-efficacy to provide interventions across multiple levels (interpersonal, intrapersonal, organizational and policy) that reduce barriers for physical activity engagement in assisted living communities. Our goal in this study is to improve: workers and residents' physical activity engagement; residents' function; workers' blood pressure; workers' sleep quality and hours; workers' body composition, workers' waist circumference, workers' performance of function focused care activities; workers' intention to leave; workers' psychological symptoms; workers' burnout levels; and facility level staff turnover.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Staff Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • employed by the assisted living community in a direct care role for at least 9 months
  • not pregnant
  • speak and understand English

Staff Exclusion Criteria:

  • do not pass the Evaluation to Sign Consent test
  • do not pass the EASY exercise safety screener

Resident Inclusion Criteria:

  • 55 years of age or older
  • speak and understand English
  • live in the participating assisting living community at the time of recruitment

Resident Exclusion Criteria:

  • N/A

Treatment and study plan

WHHIP

Behavioral

Worksite wellness interventions designed to increase physical activity for staff and reduce barriers to physical activity (such as job stress).

FFC

Behavioral

Interventions designed to increase workers' engagement and encouragement of function focused care with residents

Primary outcomes

  1. Sedentary, light, moderate and vigorous physical activity

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months

    via an Accelerometer for staff and residents

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sleep duration and quality

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months and 12 months

    via an Accelerometer for staff

  2. Blood pressure

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months

    For staff

  3. Body mass index (BMI)

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months

    For staff weight and height will be used to report BMI in kg/m2

  4. Waist circumference

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months

    For staff

  5. Visceral fat

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months

    For staff will be calculated via a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)

  6. Body fat

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months

    For staff will be calculated via a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)

  7. Muscle mass

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months

    For staff will be calculated via a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)

  8. Global Physical Activity questionnaire (GPQA)

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months and 12 months

    For staff to assess sedentary time as well as physical activity data during work, transit, and leisure time

  9. Oldenburn Burnout Inventory (OBI)

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months

    For staff to assess overall burnout severity as well as exhaustion and disengagement severity.

  10. Short form of the Depression, Anxiety, And Stress Scale (DASS)

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months

    For staff to assess overall physiological symptoms as well as depression, anxiety and stress symptoms

  11. Turnover Intention Scale (TIS)

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months

    For staff to assess likelihood of leaving their worksite and positive or protective factors against job turnover.

  12. Function focused care (FFC) check list

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months

    Staff will be observed to assess FFC behavior utilization

  13. Percent of facility-level direct care worker staff turnover

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months

    Reported by the facility

  14. Number of physical activity sessions residents attended

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months

    The facility will be asked to report the number of physical activity sessions residents attend

  15. Barthel Index

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months

    For residents to assess resident function

Other outcomes

  1. Quality of interactions schedule (QuIS)

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months

    Staff will be observed for positive social, positive care, neutral, negative protective, or negative restrictive interactions with residents

  2. Modified Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months and 12 months

    For staff questions will be asked about sleep duration and quality.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Kelly Doran

CONTACT

[email protected]

410-706-5470

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Registry information

Official study title

The Worksite Heart Health Improvement Project + Function Focused Care (WHHIP+FFC) Intervention to Increase Physical Activity and Wellbeing Among Staff and Residents in Assisted Living Facilities

Acronym: WHHIP+FFC 2026

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2031
Study completion
2031
First posted
Aug 25, 2026
Registry last updated
Aug 25, 2026

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