The Healthy Worker Programme

The "Healthy Worker" Programme to Improve Dietary Intake, Physical Activity and Quality of Working Life among Klang Valley Office Workers: a quasi-experimental study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2015010620591N1

Enrollment

256

Registered

2015-02-05

Start date

2015-02-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

obesity. Obesity due to excess calories

Interventions

Intervention 1: Controls: Health talks, pamphlets. Intervention 2: Intervention:Healthy Worker Programme: physical activity & healthy diet intervention, health poster displays, healthy food at cafeter

Lifestyle

Controls: Health talks, pamphlets

Intervention:Healthy Worker Programme: physical activity & healthy diet intervention, health poster displays, healthy food at cafeteria, prize-giving for weight loss and increased steps per day, month

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

21 Years to 58 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Employees with a body mass index of =23.0 kg/m2 will be invited to participate in the study. Exclusion criteria: pregnancy, medical conditions which precludes moderate exercise and affects walking (eg. severe osteoarthritis of the knee, unstable angina, uncontrolled very high blood pressure, acute injury to lower limbs), cease to work at study site and unwilling to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Weight. Timepoint: baseline, 3rd,6th and 9th month. Method of measurement: digital weighing scale (kilograms).;Body mass index (used for sample calculation). Timepoint: baseline, 3rd,6th and 9th month. Method of measurement: weighing scale and stadiometer (kg/m2).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Physical activity. Timepoint: baseline, 3rd,6th and 9th month. Method of measurement: pedometer (steps/day) & International Physical Activity Questionnaire (MET-mins/week).;Dietary intake. Timepoint: baseline, 6th and 9th month. Method of measurement: calorie analysis, macro- and micronutrient dietary analysis.;Quality of working life. Timepoint: baseline, 3rd,6th and 9th month. Method of measurement: Malay validated Work-Related Quality of Life Scale-2.	—

Measure

Time frame

Physical activity. Timepoint: baseline, 3rd,6th and 9th month. Method of measurement: pedometer (steps/day) & International Physical Activity Questionnaire (MET-mins/week).;Dietary intake. Timepoint: baseline, 6th and 9th month. Method of measurement: calorie analysis, macro- and micronutrient dietary analysis.;Quality of working life. Timepoint: baseline, 3rd,6th and 9th month. Method of measurement: Malay validated Work-Related Quality of Life Scale-2.

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Countries

Malaysia

Contacts

Public ContactDr Nur Suffia Sulaiman

Institute for Medical Research

nursuffia@imr.gov.my0060326162733

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026