Improving mental and physical health for waste management and recycling workers

INTERCAMBIO WP8: Interventions to promote mental and physical health in changing working environment: waste management/recycling workers

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN19236285

Enrollment

300

Registered

2024-12-19

Start date

2025-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-02-16

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Conditions

Mental and physical health Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

Interventions

This is a multicentre interventional study that conducts three cross-sectional cohorts within the waste management industry in Sweden, Denmark, and Portugal at the baseline phase and follows up to co-

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Working in the recycling/waste management sector 2. Aged 18 years old and over

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not able to sign the informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Exposure to dust measured using personal inhalable and respirable dust measurements using PTFE membrane filters fitted with IOM-cassette (inhalable) and Higgins-Dewell Cyclone cassettes (respirable) at baseline and 6 months following the intervention 2. The levels of selected chemicals in air and biological samples measured using ICP-MS and LC-MS/MS analytical methods at baseline and following the intervention	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Exposure to dust measured using personal inhalable and respirable dust measurements using PTFE membrane filters fitted with IOM-cassette (inhalable) and Higgins-Dewell Cyclone cassettes (respirable) at baseline and 6 months following the intervention 2. The levels of selected chemicals in air and biological samples measured using ICP-MS and LC-MS/MS analytical methods at baseline and following the intervention

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Mental health and well-being measured using the WHO-5 Well-Being Index following the intervention 2. Physical health measured using a standard questionnaire related to lung, eye and musculoskeletal problems, at baseline, and following the intervention	—

Countries

Denmark, Portugal, Sweden

Contacts

Public ContactKarin Broberg

karin.broberg@med.lu.se+46 73 782 37 50

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 19, 2026