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NCT Number: NCT04138732

Health Behaviors of Medical Personnel in Hospital Maternity Ward

The purpose of this study is to characterize the existing health behaviors and obstacles to healthy lifestyle among the medical staff in a maternity ward in order to develop a specifically-tailored intervention to help improve the health behaviors of hospital shift workers.The findings will be used to establish a community-based participatory health-promoting program in the ward, engaging the staff in its development and implementation.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Behavior Behavior

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hadassah Medical Organization

Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

About this study

The purpose of this study is to characterize the existing health behaviors and obstacles to healthy lifestyle among the medical staff in a maternity ward in order to develop a specifically-tailored intervention to help improve the health behaviors of hospital shift workers. Shift-work has been associated with unhealthy lifestyles and increased risk of digestive disorders, heart conditions, various kinds of cancer, reproductive dysfunction, and mental conditions. Thus, the findings will be used to establish a community-based participatory health-promoting program in the ward, engaging the staff in its development and implementation. Community Based Participatory (CBP) approach will be used to build an evaluation and intervention. Baseline/needs assessment will be performed by mixed methods approach, combining in depth interviews with key personnel, focus groups and questionnaires that ask about demographics, physical activity and nutrition behaviors, stress, burnout, BMI, and cardiac risk factors.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Doctors, nurses, secretaries, and assistants

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Treatment and study plan

Improve health behaviors of medical personel

Behavioral

This arm will receive the intervention treatment aimed to help improve their health behaviors, as determined by employee-based steering committee. Interventions will target nutrition, physical activity and stress reduction

Primary outcomes

  1. Cardiac risk factors

    Time frame: at the end of the 1 year treatment

    Initially assessed by in depth interviews with key personnel and focus groups and then assessed by self report through questionnaires.

Secondary outcomes

  1. BMI

    Time frame: at the end of 1 year of treatment

    pre and post assesment of BMI via self reporting

  2. Burnout

    Time frame: at the end of the 1 year treatment,

    Initially assessed by in depth interviews with key personnel and focus groups and then assessed by self report through questionnaires.

  3. Nutrition behaviors

    Time frame: at the end of the 1 year treatment

    Initially assessed by in depth interviews with key personnel and focus groups and then assessed by self report through questionnaires assessing mediterrean diet adherence and western diet behavior

  4. Physical activity minutes per week

    Time frame: at the end of the 1 year treatment

    Initially assessed by in depth interviews with key personnel and focus groups and then assessed by self report through questionnaires.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hadassah Medical Organization

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Health Behaviors of Medical Personnel in Hospital Maternity Ward- Community Based Participatory Pilot

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Oct 24, 2019
Registry last updated
Jun 21, 2022

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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