Motivational Interviewing to Address Freshman Weight Gain

Auburn University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Motivational Interviewing

Treatments: Behavioral: e-education; Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04130386

AuburnU-MI college freshman

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of Motivational Interviewing and e-health education on body composition and psychological outcomes. After baseline testing, participants will be randomly assigned to a motivational interviewing or e-health education group for a 10-week intervention. Variables of interest include: body composition, physical activity, food consumption and self-determination theory constructs.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 20 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Classified as a college freshman and 18 years of age.
2. Low risk for medical complications from exercise (as determined by physical activity readiness questionnaire (PARQ+).
3. Neither currently engaging in exercise nor consistently exercising over the last three months (2 days per week or less).
4. Be considered overweight based on BMI (BMI at or above 25)
5. Not pregnant.

Exclusion criteria

• Those that do not meet inclusion criteria.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Motivational Interviewing

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to this arm will complete three MI sessions over 10 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

E-education

Active Comparator group

Description:

The e-education group receives three educational modules lasting approximately 10 minutes each over a period of 10 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: e-education