Hälsosam 1997-2001, A targeted health examination for women employees in childcare, Huddinge Municipality

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Associated documentation

Dokument HÄLSOSAM.pdf (6.01 MB)

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Carl-Erik Håkanson - Huddinge Municipality, Occipational Health Care

Berit Tärnell - Huddingen Municipality, Occupational Health Care

Tore Hällström - Karolinska Institute, Huddinge university hospital, Department M57

Kerstin Olson - Huddinge Municipality

Research principal

Huddinge municipality - The Personnel Department Huddinge Municipality

Principal's reference number

KS 2019/3235.116

Description

The Hälsosam project is an unpublished targeted survey of health and work environmental factors in a group of female professionals in the Municipality of Huddinge (1997-2001).

The Occupational health physician in the municipality who considered female employees in the childcare services vulnerable in terms of health initiated the study. The municipal Work Environment Committee (1997) delegated the conduct of the targeted survey to the Occupational Health Care Service (Företagshälsovården).

The project is presented in two documents: Hälsosam and Intervention 4.

The report consists of more than 100 tables interpreting collected data, which contain working environment and body measurements, blood tests and interviews. The entire occupational group's health and working environment has been described.

The surveys were conducted as a Field Work Study (97-09-01) where three nursing teams visited the municipality's schools, preschools and after school centers. 1,162 women with 19 different occupational roles in the childcare sector were examined during personal meetings.

During the years, 1997-2001 four different interventions were carried out.
1. Dietary intervention, aimed at the entire occupational group.
2. Three months of Diary-driven exercise,
3. Medical therapy Pravastatin
4. A ten-week Training Program with two methods for weight reduction.
The efforts were partly a primary and secondary medical prevention but were also intended to provide a basis for the continued work environment work in the Huddinge Municipality.

Contains data for :
- Fieldwork (1997)
- Survey 1. (1997) and 2. (1998) , 2B. (2000), 288/ 99 Intervention 4. Hälsosam, 3. Questionnaire 3 (3-7) (2000-2001)
- Intervention 1: Dietary intervention. Dietary information to the whole population orally and in writing (1997)
- Intervention 2. Diary-kept exercise for three months. Targeted to risk group women with BMI 30 and above and women with LDL cholesterol 4.5 and above. (1998).
- Intervention 3. Pravachol treatment to risk group LDL cholesterol 4.5 and above (1999-2000).
- Intervention 4. A ten-week training program with two methods for weight reduction. Randomized selection to the respective method and time of entry to the program. Risk group: Women with BMI 30 and above.

All women with BMI 30 and above were invited to participate in one of two training program aimed at weight reduction. The training includes two different program and the participants are distributed by lot.
One program is based on a psycho-educational method and is led by a trained cognitive bait scientist. The second program is led by the occupational doctor in Huddinge Municipality. Initially, the risk group with BMI 30 and above consists of 136 women. In a letter (1999 09 15), 97 women were asked for interest in participating in the intervention. They were randomized (1999 11 02) to the respective program, even the order of entry to the training was randomized. Finally consisted the group that conducted the training of 43 women.

According to model Fieldwork (1997), all women were examined before and after the training, six months later, after 12 months and 18 months after completing their education. In addition, as before, an extensive blood test (fasting test) was included.

Data consists mostly of questionnaire responses and metrics, in excel, csv, and pdf format. Some data is only available as aggregated values (e.g. averages).
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Data contains personal data

Language

English

Swedish

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Event/Process/Activity

Individual/Patient

Population

A targeted health examination for 1162 women employees for childcare in Huddinge municipality.

Study design

Experimental study

Diagnostic study

Description of study design

Design: descriptive, analytical, interventive, developing

Fieldwork at workplaces, interviews, body measurements, blood tests, questionnaires, and 4 interventions.. The main goal, identifying risk groups for cardiovascular diseases.

Sampling procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Selection 1: Only women participates.
This childcare environment consists of 19 different professions all of them participates in this project. The population consists 1294 persons, excluded 48 men. During the FIeld Work 1162 women participated, Missing 84 women.
Between the years 1997-1998, 79 women quit their employment in childcare.

Selection 2. : Identifying riskgroups for cardiovascular diseases; women with BMI 30 and above, women with LDL-cholesterol 4,5 and above and women with mental illness, such as depression,

Time period(s) investigated

1997-04-28 – 2001-12-01

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Text

Still image

Data collection

Data collection 1

Mode of collection: Self-administered writings and/or diaries
Time period(s) for data collection: 1997-09-01 – 1997-12-15
Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 2

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
Time period(s) for data collection: 1998-07-01 – 1998-09-30
Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 3

Mode of collection: Self-administered writings and/or diaries
Time period(s) for data collection: 1998-07-01 – 1998-09-30
Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 1

Mode of collection: Self-administered writings and/or diaries
Time period(s) for data collection: 1997-09-01 – 1997-12-15
Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 2

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
Time period(s) for data collection: 1998-07-01 – 1998-09-30
Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 3

Mode of collection: Self-administered writings and/or diaries
Time period(s) for data collection: 1998-07-01 – 1998-09-30
Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 4

Mode of collection: Physical measurements and tests
Time period(s) for data collection: 1999-05-15 – 1999-05-30
Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 5

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
Time period(s) for data collection: 1999-09-15 – 2000-06-21
Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 6

Mode of collection: Physical measurements and tests
Time period(s) for data collection: 1999-09-15 – 2000-06-21
Source of the data: Population group

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Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Huddinge Municipality

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

The Personnel Department Huddinge Municipality

Funding 1

Funding agency: Huddinge Municipality
Funding agency's reference number: KS 2019 / 3235. 116

Funding 2

Funding agency: Land-och Sjöfonden Scholarships, The Swedish Insurance Society

Ethics Review

Stockholm - Ref. 288/ 99 (Intervention 4)

Stockholm - Ref. 257.97 (Projekt Hälsosam)

Topic and keywords

Research area

Medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Diabetes mellitus, Health, Mental health, Burnout, professional, Waist circumference, Obesity, abdominal, Mental illness, Ldl cholesterol, Work environment

Publications

Stahre, L., Tärnell, B., Håkanson, C. E., & Hällström, T. (2007). A randomized controlled trial of two weight-reducing short-term group treatment programs for obesity with an 18-month follow-up. International journal of behavioral medicine, 14(1), 48–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999227
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999227

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