Increasing Uptake of Behavioral Weight Loss Programs Among Primary Care Patients

University of Florida

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: Comparator Intervention; Behavioral: Motivational Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02708121

Pro00079803 (Other Identifier)

1K23HL127334 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

IRB201701301-N

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot trial will test feasibility and acceptability of a primary care-based intervention that aims to increase the portion of patients who enter evidence-based behavioral weight loss treatment.

Full description

This trial is a pilot, pragmatic cluster randomized trial conducted in primary care clinics to determine intervention acceptability and the feasibility of proposed study protocol.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Primary care provider Inclusion criteria:

• Employed by Duke PCRC clinic as primary care provider at least ½ FTE.
• Has a primary adult panel
• Has worked at Duke PCRC clinic for at least one year

Patient inclusion criteria

• BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 as measured at any clinic in previous 12 months.
• English speaking
• Self-report BMI ≥ 29 kg/m2 (to allow for under-reporting)
• Regular email usage, defined as accessing email 3 or more times per week (on home or work computer or cell phone)
• Age 18-75
• Clinical appointment (well visit or chronic care visit) with enrolled Duke provider in 2-6 weeks of record review.
• At least one prior appointment with the provider they are scheduled to see at target clinical appt.
• Has a valid email address in electronic health records.

Patient exclusion criteria:

• In weight loss treatment program in past year
• Unable to read content on websites without any assistance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention arm

Experimental group

Description:

Participant receives intervention to motivate weight loss treatment initiation and access to weight loss treatment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Intervention

Comparator Arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participant receives access to weight loss treatment alone.

Treatment:

Other: Comparator Intervention