Family & Friends - the Significance of a Significant Other in Treatment

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: With friend; Behavioral: Without friend

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01238354

RSSO-2010/2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study focuses on the difficulties to maintain a weight loss and behavioural change after having been in a institutional intermittent weight loss programme.

We explore if including a member of the family or a close friend in the treatment influences weight loss maintenance after completion of the programme.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Morbid obesity
• 18-50 years of age
• Having a relative or close friend who is willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Serious mental illness
• Severe overeating behaviour
• Significant reduced physical functioning
• Having undergone bariatric surgery earlier
• Serious heart disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Without friend

Active Comparator group

Description:

Being in the weight loss programme without friend or family member

Treatment:

Behavioral: Without friend

With friend

Experimental group

Description:

Having the friend or family member stay together with the patient for 2-3 days for every 3 week stay at the clinic in the weight loss programme

Treatment:

Behavioral: With friend