A randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of dietary interventions for improving the diet in government office workers in the Galle district

Dietary practices, social relations and intervention to change for a healthy diet within office community of government offices in Galle district

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

SLCTR

Registry ID

SLCTR/2020/025

Enrollment

600

Registered

2020-12-15

Start date

2020-12-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Dietary behavior

Interventions

Study will be conducted in selected government offices in Galle district Selected offices will be randomized using simple randomization technique according to a random sequence generated by a random s

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 20-30 clerical type workers who have been working at the particular office for at least one month from 20 selected government offices in Galle district.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Workers involved in manual work as their office duties Workers who are on special dietary recommendations

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
A progression of stages of change from pre-action stage (pre-contemplation, contemplation or preparation) to action stage (action or maintenance) -using a set of questions comprising of four questions which has been adopted from 5 a day project (Havas et al., 1995). [3 months]	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
A behavior change from unhealthy to healthy eating using 24 hour dietary recall [3 months]	—

Countries

Sri Lanka

Contacts

Public ContactG. J . Chandana

Postgraduate trainee

m31635@pgim.cmb.ac.lk091 2234017

Outcome results

None listed

Source: SLCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026