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

N/ANot Yet RecruitingNCT07785947

University of Maryland, Baltimore344 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

344

Conditions

Worksite Health Promotion Lifestyle Risk Reduction

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sedentary, light, moderate and vigorous physical activity

via an Accelerometer for staff and residents

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

Secondary Outcomes

Sleep duration and quality

via an Accelerometer for staff

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

Blood pressure

For staff

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

Body mass index (BMI)

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

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

Waist circumference

For staff

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

Visceral fat

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

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

Body fat

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

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

Muscle mass

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

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

Global Physical Activity questionnaire (GPQA)

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

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

Oldenburn Burnout Inventory (OBI)

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