Clinical trial NCT02607137: Evaluation of Training Program on Promoting Family Holistic Health
Official title: Evaluation of Training Program on Promoting Family Holistic Health
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
name: Social Welfare Department, Hong Kong
name: Christian Family Service Centre
First posted: 2015-11-17
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 100
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Holistic health is an integration and interaction of physical and psychosocial health. Positive psychology is a science of happiness, which focuses on positive emotions and personal strengths. It also is crucial component in family holistic health. Healthy diet can help to achieve energy balance and healthy weights. Physical activity is believed to contribute to physical and mental health, as well as social well-being. However, physical inactivity was found to be a local and worldwide issue and most Hong Kong people are having a sedentary lifestyle.

In view of the health challenges locally and globally, the new phase of FAMILY project will focus to promote family holistic health with emphasize on the interaction and integration of physical and psychosocial health. The investigator will initiate and develop a series innovative training program with vigorous evaluation in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs. The investigator hypothesize that the training programs would promote the health awareness and the health of the participants

Detailed description: Holistic health is an integration and interaction of physical and psychosocial health. Positive psychology is a science of happiness, which focuses on positive emotions and personal strengths. It is used as a preventive and complementary medicine, which also is crucial component in family holistic health (happiness, harmony and health). Healthy diet can help to achieve energy balance and healthy weights. Sufficient daily consumption of fruit and vegetables, as well as limitation on the intake of sugar, salt and fat could prevent major diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers. Physical activity is believed to contribute to physical and mental health, as well as social well-being. However, physical inactivity was found to be a local and worldwide issue and most Hong Kong people are having a sedentary lifestyle. Studies show that the increase of physical activity and healthy diet reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and improve cardio-pulmonary functions; whereas sedentary behaviors increase the risk

Although people understand the harmful effect of family disharmony, physical inactivity and unhealthy diet, which may cause different kinds of physical and mental illnesses, healthy living attitudes and behaviours are lacking.

Over the past six years, the FAMILY project has been working on community-based projects to promote FAMILY health, happiness and harmony (3Hs). In view of the health challenges locally and globally, the new phase of FAMILY project will put more emphasis on health in the upcoming three years. Following the theme on FAMILY 3Hs, the new work focus is to promote family holistic health with emphasize on the interaction and integration of physical and psychosocial health. The investigator will initiate and develop a series innovative community-based projects and training program with vigorous evaluation in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs.

The investigator hypothesize that the training programs would promote the health awareness and the health of the participants. During the training, the investigator will conduct physical fitness test and collect data from the participants. Those participants would conduct community programmes for their own institution to enhance the personal and family well-being of their service users.

In order to assess the effectiveness of the training program on improving individual and family well-being and their capability of community programme implementation, Self-reported questionnaire would be used at baseline, one month and three months after training; and focus group interview would be conducted after participants finishing their community programmes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Chinese speaking
* able to complete study questionnaire
* aged 18 or above

Exclusion Criteria:

* not fit the inclusion criteria

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in health behavior in relation to physical activity
timeFrame: Baseline , 1 month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Changes in knowledge and attitude on performing physical activity
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
measure: Change in subjective happiness
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
measure: Change in family health, happiness and harmony (Family 3Hs)
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month
measure: Change in Quality of Life
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
measure: Changes in physical fitness
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
measure: Changes in health behavior in relation to physical activity
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
measure: Change in family communication in relation to Zero Time Exercise
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
measure: Reactions to training content
timeFrame: Immediately after finishing training workshop "up to 30 min"
measure: Learning in relation to implementing community programmes
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Wan Chai
country: Hong Kong
facility: The Boys' & Girls' Association of Hong Kong
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Hong Kong
name: Agnes Lai, DN
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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