Internet Treatment for Persons With Overweight or Obesity

Region Örebro County

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight and Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Internet treatment for overweight and obese patients

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04150445

272763

Details and patient eligibility

About

Overweight and obesity are increasing and more than 50% of all people over 18 years in Sweden are overweight or obese. Main causes are changes in lifestyle habits regarding diet and physical activity. Obesity increases the risk of various diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arthrosis and cancer; it also affects the quality of life. Losing 5-10% of body weight can improve metabolic health and quality of life. However, weight loss is difficult to achieve and especially to maintain over a longer period of time. Treatment based on cognitive behavioral therapy improves long-term outcomes. A behavioral treatment program via the Internet has been developed that contains 12 treatment modules that the patient follows for 6 months. The patient has regular contact with a therapist who follows the patient's treatment process and provides support. The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the Internet-based treatment regarding weight reduction, change in eating habits, physical activity and quality of life. We also intend to investigate how feasible and user-friendly the treatment program is and the patients' experiences of the treatment effects.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years and older
• BMI 30 or over
• BMI over 28 and under 30 with one or more of the following: hypertension, prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidaemia, liver steatosis, sleep apnea or polycystic ovary syndrome

Exclusion criteria

• Severe mental illness
• Previous or present eating disorder
• Pregnancy
• Breast feeding
• Serious cancer under treatment
• Use of weight-loss drugs
• Weight loss treatment in the last 6 months
• Misuse of alcohol or drugs
• Type 1 diabetes
• Not being able to speak/read/write Swedish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 1 patient group

Internet treatment for overweight and obese patients

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention is a treatment of overweight and obesity based on cognitive behavioural therapy provided via the Internet. The treatment lasts for six months and comprises 12 treatment modules. The patient works with each module for two weeks. The modules conclude with one or more exercise tasks to be performed before the next module is activated. The patient has written contact with the therapist via the Internet platform.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Internet treatment for overweight and obese patients