Development of Web Application and Evaluation Its Impact on Healthy Lifestyle

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lifestyle

Treatments: Other: ebalance

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01913496

eBalance

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is planned for people who would like to reduce or maintain their weight and keep a healthy life style .After signing an informed consent, participants will be divided randomly into two groups :control group and an intervention group that will get the application (eBalance ). Participants will be followed for 12 weeks.

Full description

Primary objective: to develop a web application based on energy balance and evaluates its effectiveness in promoting healthy lifestyle habits versus a control group.

Secondary objectives:

1. To evaluate the frequency and convenient of usage of the internet intervention
2. To test the impact of the intervention on nutrition knowledge, diet quality and physical activity
3. To evaluate the effect of the intervention on weight management status

Enrollment: 99 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• People aged more than 18 years
• Web and e-mail experience
• Interested in either reducing weight or maintaining a healthy lifestyle

Exclusion criteria

• without any mail experience
• pregnancy
• involvement in other diet programs

Trial design

99 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Standard care

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

standard care ,without the web application ebalance

Treatment:

Other: ebalance

ebalance

Active Comparator group

Description:

using the ebalance application for 14 weeks

Treatment:

Other: ebalance