The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention as a Workplace Health Promotion Program on Weight Loss

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The present study will carry out a workplace health promotion via MBI with lessons of dietary behavior to help overweight or obese workers to loss weight.

Detailed Description
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The study will adopt a longitudinal research design with randomized quasi- experimental trial. The workers with overweight or obesity (BMI≧24) provided by the company will be randomly assigned to Group A (four lessons of dietary behavior and six lessons of MBI) or Group B (four lessons of dietary behavior and six lessons of mental health). There will be 100 participants in each group. Data will be collected five times. The research questionnaire includes basic information (including BMI, waist circumference, etc), Perceived Stress Scale, The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, Food Cravings Questionnaire, the scale of physical activity and information regarding dietary behavior.

Official Title
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A Pilot Study of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention as a Workplace Health Promotion Program on Weight Loss

Conditions
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Mindfulness, Weight Loss, Workplace, Health Promotion

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Mindfulness-based Intervention
* Behavioral: Health Education Intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: adults aged 20 to 65 years old; full-time workers with BMI ≧ 24; motivated to participate in the study; Exclusion Criteria: suffering from mental illness or in an acute episode; suffering from life threatening or other major physical illness; no motivation to participate in the study.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 20 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: The workers with overweight or obesity provided by the company will be randomly assigned to Group A (by MBI) or Group B (by the intervention of health education).
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Mindfulness-based Intervention<br>2 sessions of diet nutrition education and 6 sessions of Mindfulness-based intervention, 1.5 hours each session. | Behavioral: Mindfulness-based Intervention<br>* Keeping mindful when selecting food. Be aware of hunger and satiety by the body clues. Understanding how stress affect diet and life, and learn how to cope with stress in life. Learning to identify overeating caused by mood, social stress and specific food.<br>|
| Active Comparator: Health Education Intervention<br>2 sessions of diet nutrition education and 6 sessions of Health Education, 1.5 hours each session. | Behavioral: Health Education Intervention<br>* Identifying improper diet patterns and attitudes Understanding the impact of irrational cognition and attitudes on dietary behavior Training coping skills for stresses in real life and preventing the recurrence of bulimia.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Body Weight | Body weight will be recorded during the study carried out. | Up to 10 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dietary Behavior | Using the Dietary Behavior Questionnaire to measure the intake of types and proportion of food. | Up to 10 months | 
| Food Cravings | Measuring the level of food cravings, use the Likert six-point scoring method, from 1-6 points, a total of 21 questions. The higher scores indicate higher food cravings levels. | Up to 10 months | 
| Perceived Stress | Measuring the level of perceived stress, using the Likert five-point scoring method, from 0-4 points, a total of 10 questions .The higher scores indicate higher pressure levels. | Up to 10 months | 
| The level of Mindfulness | Measuring the level of Mindfulness, using the Likert five-point scoring method, a total of 39 questions, including the five concepts, namely: awareness (8 questions), description (8 questions), non-judging (8 questions), observation (8 questions), and non-reaction (7 questions). The higher scores indicate higher levels of mindfulness. | Up to 10 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Mindfulness-based intervention, Weight loss, Workplace health promotion, Obesity