Evaluating Expectancy Effects in Weight Loss Measurement

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Accuracy of Clinic-based Weight Measurements

Treatments: Other: clinic-based weight measurements

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02101658

UAB-NORC-expectancy pilot

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this project is to examine potential bias or expectancies in individuals' measurement and recording of weight in a clinical-research setting.

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 19+ years-old
• available to attend clinic sessions on dates provided for data collection

Exclusion criteria

• younger than 19 years
• not available on specified dates of data collection

Trial design

59 participants in 1 patient group

weight data assessors

Description:

students recruited to weigh individuals in a research-based clinic

Treatment:

Other: clinic-based weight measurements