Clinical trial NCT06666296: Sustainable Eating for a Healthy Tomorrow - Effectiveness of Digital Nutrition Workshops to Implement the Planetary Health Diet for Hospital Employees
Official title: Sustainable Eating for a Healthy Tomorrow - Effectiveness of Digital Nutrition Workshops to Implement the Planetary Health Diet for Hospital Employees
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Personnel, Hospital
Healthy Volunteers
Lead sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
First posted: 2024-10-30
Enrollment: 64
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The investigators will explore the effect of digital media on communicating a planetary diet and invite participants to change dietary habits. Standardized questionnaires, physical examinations, and qualitative interviews will be used to obtain data on the effectiveness of the intervention. Once initial assessments are complete, a blinded researcher will randomly assign participants to one of two groups, without influence from either participants or study coordinators.

Both groups will participate in a nutrition course over a 13-week period, followed by a booster session five months after randomization, and will be encouraged to practice the methods at home. One group will receive intensive support, including a digital training program (around 2 hours per week), while the other group will receive digital information and sustainable recipes with limited support (about 30 minutes per week).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age from 18 years
* Employee at the University Hospital Essen
* A functioning smartphone
* Moderate willingness (at least 5 points on NRS) to want to change diet
* Access to digital media and social media

Exclusion Criteria:

* Insufficient knowledge of the German language
* Simultaneous participation in other clinical intervention studies

Primary outcomes:
measure: Healthy Eating Habits - Healthy Plant-based Diet Index (hPDI)
timeFrame: Month 3
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Healthy Eating Habits - Healthy Plant-based Diet Index (hPDI)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Healthy Eating Habits - Healthy Plant-based Diet Index (hPDI)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Willingness to Change (PIAC)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Willingness to Change (PIAC)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Willingness to Change (PIAC)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Adaptive Coping with Disease (AKU)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Adaptive Coping with Disease (AKU)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Adaptive Coping with Disease (AKU)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Self-efficacy (HSSES)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Self-efficacy (HSSES)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Self-efficacy (HSSES)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Quality of Life (WHO-5)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Quality of Life (WHO-5)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Quality of Life (WHO-5)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Environmental and Climate Behavior (YCSCB)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Environmental and Climate Behavior (YCSCB)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Environmental and Climate Behavior (YCSCB)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Body Mass Index (MBI)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Body Mass Index (MBI)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Body Mass Index (MBI)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Waist Circumference
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Waist Circumference
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Waist Circumference
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Adverse events (AEs)
timeFrame: Month 0 to 3 (during intervention)
measure: Qualitative Interviews
timeFrame: Month 3
Other outcomes:
measure: Work Engagement (UWES)
timeFrame: Month 0
measure: Work Engagement (UWES)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Work Engagement (UWES)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Work Engagement (UWES)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Workload (NRS)
timeFrame: Month 0
measure: Workload (NRS)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Workload (NRS)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Workload (NRS)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Mental Well-Being (PHQ-4)
timeFrame: Month 0
measure: Mental Well-Being (PHQ- 4)
timeFrame: Month 3
measure: Mental Well-Being (PHQ- 4)
timeFrame: Month 6
measure: Mental Well-Being (PHQ- 4)
timeFrame: Month 12
measure: Expectation of Treatment Effectiveness (NRS)
timeFrame: Month 0
measure: Compliance (Diary)
timeFrame: Month 0 to 3 (during intervention)
Locations:
city: Essen
country: Germany
facility: Center for Integrative Medicine and Planetary Health, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen
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