Unique ID: LM0121
Study ID: Chu 2022
Pubmed ID: 35194818
Database Version: 5/17/2023
Title: Evidence-based lifestyle medicine interventions to enhance the mental health of law enforcers in Hong Kong: A pilot randomized controlled trial
Publication Year: 2022
Country: Algeria
Journal: Behav Sci Law
Primary study aim: to examine the efficacy of integrated lifestyle medicine practices in enhancing the mental health of law enforcers
Study Design: randomized controlled trial
What lifestyle pillars were studied? Diet/nutrition, Physical activity, Sleep, Stress/mental health
For diet/nutrition studies, what was the dietary pattern studied? unspecified
Please select the population(s) studied: adults (18-54 yrs)
What is the mean age of the study population? 42.67
What was the age range of the study population? NR
What was the mean BMI of the study population (kg/m2)? NR
What was the BMI range of the study population (kg/m2)? NR
What is the health status of the study population? healthy
Sex (% male): 27.78
Int: Study blindness: unspecified
Int: Study randomization: randomized
Int: Study duration (numeric only): 6
Int: Study duration (select corresponding units): weeks
Int: Sample size: 18
Int: Sample size reported is: Randomized
Int: What was the intervention used in this study (1)? The intervention protocol adopted in the current study was based on and modified from an evidence-based integrative lifestyle intervention program—Healthy Body Healthy Mind—developed by the Melbourne Clinic.
Int: What was the comparator(s) used in this study (1)? no intervention- this study utilized a wait-listed controlled group.
Obs: Study duration units: hours
Obs: Sample size is: Enrolled
Qual: What was the qualitative method used? Focus groups
Qual: Sample size reported is: Enrolled
Study outcome 1: Severity of depression
Outcome group 1: bone health
Study outcome 2: DASS-21, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21
Outcome group 2: bone health
Study outcome 3: Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)
Outcome group 3: bone health
Study outcome 4: Quality-adjusted life years (SF-6D)
Outcome group 4: bone health
Study outcome 5: Functional impairment (Sheehan Disability Scale)
Outcome group 5: bone health
Study outcome 6: Health-promoting behavior (Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II)
Outcome group 6: bone health
Study outcome 7: Treatment expectancy and rationale credibility (Credibility-Expectancy Questionnaire, CEQ)
Outcome group 7: bone health
Study outcome 8: Resilience (Brief Resilience Scale, BRS)
Outcome group 8: bone health
Key conclusion: The present findings provide preliminary support to promote the relatively stigma-free lifestyle medicine interventions in law enforcement.