Interplay Between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, Lipid Profile and Blood Pressure: a Comparative Survey Among Healthcare and Non-Healthcare Female Workers

NCT ID: NCT04596358

Last Updated: 2020-10-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 147 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-03-10
• Study Completion Date: 2019-02-28

Brief Summary

The study aims at testing the level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet among health-workers, comparing this aspect to the extra-working physical activity, anthropometric measures and prevalence of cardiovascular, metabolic and neoplastic diseases previously diagnosed.

Detailed Description

The study had a cross-sectional setting and included employees of both genders currently in service.

Baseline data collection was structured as follows:

• Clinical assessment and pathological history
• Anthropometric measurements;
• Haematochemical examinations;
• Screening to adherence to Med-Diet by using "MedDietScore" questionnaire
• Assessment of the Harvard Cancer Risk Index for the evaluation of risk factors, modifiable and not, of the most frequent oncological diseases in Italy (colon, lung, breast and prostate). The index provides an estimate of individual cancer risk and is not equivalent to a cancer diagnosis. In addition, the Harvard Cancer Risk Index itself can allow the doctor to advise the worker on useful measures to reduce it;
• International Physical Activity Questionnairre (IPAQ)
• Major anthropometric and haematochemical data also allow to obtain one of the most used risk indexes for cardiovascular diseases in the scientific literature the Framingham Score.

Conditions

Diet Habit; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Healtcare workers

Women who work as nurses or doctors in public hospitals of which anthropometric and haematochemical data have been collected. Workers were given a questionnaire for the evaluation of the adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

Observational

Intervention Type: OTHER

Evaluation of adherence to the Mediterranean diet through the administration of the Med Diet Score questionnaire.

Non-Healthcare workers

Women who perform technical and managerial professions in a public administration body of which anthropometric and haematochemical data have been collected. Workers were given a questionnaire for the evaluation of the adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

Observational

Intervention Type: OTHER

Evaluation of adherence to the Mediterranean diet through the administration of the Med Diet Score questionnaire.

Interventions

Observational

Evaluation of adherence to the Mediterranean diet through the administration of the Med Diet Score questionnaire.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Women of working age
• Level of education at least equal to Bachelor's degree

Exclusion Criteria

• Men
• Women under 20 years old or over 65 years old

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Azienda Ospedaliera Specializzata in Gastroenterologia Saverio de Bellis

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Bari Aldo Moro

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Antonella Pipoli

Medical Doctor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Antonella Pipoli

Bari, Apulia, Italy

Countries

Italy

References

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

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Di Lorenzo L, Vimercati L, Pipoli A, Manghisi NM, Lampignano L, Caputi A, De Maria L, Zupo R, De Pergola G. Interplay Between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Lipid Profile: A Comparative Survey Between Day-Time Healthcare and Non-healthcare Female Workers. Front Public Health. 2021 Nov 4;9:649760. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.649760. eCollection 2021.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 34805058 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

10/2018

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id