Online Resources to Manage Obesity and Health Risks in an Employee Wellness Program

Vanderbilt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: Health Web Sites; Other: Goal-Setting Tool

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01122420

100021

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether different types of online health tools can aid overweight individuals in reducing their weight and managing their cardiovascular risk factors in the context of an employee wellness program.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Vanderbilt University employee
• Completion of the 2009 Go For the Gold Health Risk Assessment (HRA)
• Obesity defined by BMI > 30
• Identification of an additional risk factor on the HRA by either (a) a personal history of diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol or (b) a reported cholesterol >= 240 mg/dl, blood glucose >= 126 mg/dl, a systolic blood pressure >= 140 mm Hg, or a diastolic blood pressure >= 90 mm Hg
• Permission to be contacted regarding health on the HRA

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant females and those who become pregnant prior to completion of the study
• Age younger than 18 years or older than 65 years
• Non English speaking individuals

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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12 participants in 2 patient groups

Goal-Setting Tool

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Goal-Setting Tool

Health Web Sites

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Health Web Sites