Phone Coaching for Weight Loss Maintenance

Lifespan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Weight Loss; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Maintenance program; Behavioral: Phone coaching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04293055

1561299

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to examine whether 4 consecutive weeks of phone coaching aids in recovery from weight regain during weight loss maintenance. Individuals who previously achieved and maintained a >=5% weight loss in a 1-year behavioral weight loss program were provided with a low-intensity maintenance intervention (monthly newsletters and smart scale). At baseline, participants were randomized to the coaching group or the control group (no coaching). If participants regained >1.5% of their weight, randomization was "triggered." At this point, participants randomized to the coaching condition received 4 brief weekly coaching calls; participants randomized to the control condition received no additional intervention contact. Short-term and long-term weight change was assessed and compared between treatment groups.

Enrollment: 77 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 72 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-72 years of age
• Recent completion of a 1-year behavioral weight loss program
• Achievement of >=5% weight loss at the end of the 1-year weight loss program

Exclusion criteria

• Not currently enrolled in another weight management program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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77 participants in 2 patient groups

Maintenance program+possibility of phone coaching

Experimental group

Description:

All participants are provided with a monthly newsletter which contains useful strategies for maintaining weight loss long-term. Participants are also encouraged to weigh themselves daily using a smart scale, which electronically transmits weight data to the research staff. Some participants randomized to this condition will also receive 4 consecutive weeks of phone coaching at some point over the 1-year intervention period (this is determined by a weight-based algorithm).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Phone coaching

Behavioral: Maintenance program

Maintenance program only

Active Comparator group

Description:

All participants are provided with a monthly newsletter which contains useful strategies for maintaining weight loss long-term. Participants are also encouraged to weigh themselves daily using a smart scale, which electronically transmits weight data to the research staff. No participants in this condition will receive phone coaching.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Maintenance program