An interventional study of WHHIP and FFC in Worksite Health Promotion, Lifestyle Risk Reduction and Occupational Burnout, sponsored by University of Maryland, Baltimore. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-25.
Sponsored by University of Maryland, Baltimore · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The purpose of the study is to test a program that aims to help staff increase wellness behaviors and test the impact of this program on staff and work outcomes. We will also assess the impact of the program on residents' physical activity and function.
The Worksite Heart Health Improvement Project + Function Focused Care (WHIPP+FFC) is an innovative worksite wellness program to reduce sedentary behavior for staff and residents in assisted living. The WHHIP + FFC uses the social ecological model and theory of self-efficacy to provide interventions across multiple levels (interpersonal, intrapersonal, organizational and policy) that reduce barriers for physical activity engagement in assisted living communities. Our goal in this study is to improve: workers and residents' physical activity engagement; residents' function; workers' blood pressure; workers' sleep quality and hours; workers' body composition, workers' waist circumference, workers' performance of function focused care activities; workers' intention to leave; workers' psychological symptoms; workers' burnout levels; and facility level staff turnover.
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Staff Inclusion Criteria:
Staff Exclusion Criteria:
Resident Inclusion Criteria:
Resident Exclusion Criteria:
Step 1, Identify a stakeholder team and identify and train an AL champion to work with the interventionist to provide the WHHIP+FFC. Step 2, Environment and policy assessment for PA changes. Step 3, Education and goal setting. Step 4, Mentoring and motivation of staff and residents.
Behavioral: WHHIP · Behavioral: FFC
Worksite wellness interventions designed to increase physical activity for staff and reduce barriers to physical activity (such as job stress).
Interventions designed to increase workers' engagement and encouragement of function focused care with residents
Sedentary, light, moderate and vigorous physical activity
via an Accelerometer for staff and residents
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months
Sleep duration and quality
via an Accelerometer for staff
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months and 12 months
Blood pressure
For staff
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
Body mass index (BMI)
For staff weight and height will be used to report BMI in kg/m2
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
Waist circumference
For staff
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
Visceral fat
For staff will be calculated via a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
Body fat
For staff will be calculated via a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
Muscle mass
For staff will be calculated via a Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
Global Physical Activity questionnaire (GPQA)
For staff to assess sedentary time as well as physical activity data during work, transit, and leisure time
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months and 12 months
Oldenburn Burnout Inventory (OBI)
For staff to assess overall burnout severity as well as exhaustion and disengagement severity.
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months
Short form of the Depression, Anxiety, And Stress Scale (DASS)
For staff to assess overall physiological symptoms as well as depression, anxiety and stress symptoms
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months
Turnover Intention Scale (TIS)
For staff to assess likelihood of leaving their worksite and positive or protective factors against job turnover.
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months
Function focused care (FFC) check list
Staff will be observed to assess FFC behavior utilization
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months
Percent of facility-level direct care worker staff turnover
Reported by the facility
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months
Number of physical activity sessions residents attended
The facility will be asked to report the number of physical activity sessions residents attend
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months
Barthel Index
For residents to assess resident function
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months
Quality of interactions schedule (QuIS)
Staff will be observed for positive social, positive care, neutral, negative protective, or negative restrictive interactions with residents
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months, and 12 months
Modified Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
For staff questions will be asked about sleep duration and quality.
Time frame: -3 months, 0, 3 months, 6, months, 9 months and 12 months
Plan to share: Yes — De-identified raw demographic and outcome data that underlie results in publications
Time frame: At the end of the study (estimated 2031)
Access criteria: open access and link will be provided when it is uploaded to the repository
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