Learning and Coping With Chronic Illness

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Morbid Obesity

Treatments: Other: Active participation; Other: Teaching; Behavioral: Teaching life style changes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01336725

S-08662c 2008/17575 (REK)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the participants have improved their scores on health related quality of life (HRQL) 1 year after completing a learning and mastery course and whether sociodemographic variables are associated with HRQL.

Full description

Persons with chronic illnesses have to adjust to changes in their life-style. In the last 10 years Learning and Mastery Centres have been established in Norwegian hospitals to offer patient education for the chronically ill. It is not known whether these courses impact any changes in HRQL 1 year after course completion.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of morbid obesity
• attending learning and mastery course for the obese

Trial design

150 participants in 1 patient group

Morbid obesity

Description:

All attending learning and mastery courses for persons with morbid obesity

Treatment:

Other: Active participation

Other: Teaching

Behavioral: Teaching life style changes