A Multi-language Smartphone-based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Firefighters
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age20+
SponsorNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
About this trial
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effects of a smartphone-based Healthy Lifestyle (HLS) intervention on firefighters' mental and physical health in firefighters in Tainan, Taiwan. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does the Traditional Chinese version of the HLS mobile App improve firefighters' mental and physical health compared to usual care? * Can the intervention effectively promote a healthy lifestyle and reduce the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases among firefighters?
Researchers will compare firefighters receiving the smartphone-based HLS intervention to those receiving usual care to determine whether the intervention leads to improved health and fitness outcomes over 3 to 6 months.
Participants will:
* Use the Traditional Chinese version of the HLS mobile App, originally developed at Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, and adapted for firefighters in Taiwan. * Be randomly assigned to either the intervention group (HLS App) or the control group (usual care). * Undergo health and fitness assessments at baseline and at 3 to 6 months post-intervention.
Anticipated outcomes are improvements in mental and physical health among firefighters receiving the intervention compared to the control group.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Career firefighters who are older than or equal 20 years old
Disqualifiers
Career firefighters who are younger than 20 years old
Firefighters who are retired or are volunteer firefighters.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Healthy Lifestyle Application (Traditional Chinese Version)
Treatment groups
1,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Lead sponsor
National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov