Smartphone Application for Weight Loss (OBSBIT)

Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Obesity

Treatments

Behavioral: Smartphone Application group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02417623

2013/07 IDIAP

Details and patient eligibility

About

AIM: To assess the efficacy of an intervention that includes the assistance of a weight loss smartphone application targeted to young people aged 18 to 40 years.

DESIGN: Randomisedclinical trial.

SETTING: Primary Health Care centres (PHCCs) in Catalonia.

PARTICIPANTS: Adults aged 18 to 40 years with criteria of obesity or overweight, consulting PHCCs for any reason and who provide written informed consent to participate in the trial.

INTERVENTION GROUP will receive a 12-month weight loss programme that implements recommendations of a Clinical Practice Guideline, complemented with a smartphone app designed specifically for this programme.

CONTROL GROUP will receive the usual care. The outcome measure will be weight loss at 12 months.

EXPECTED RESULTS: The investigators expect a higher weight loss in the intervention group than in control group.

Full description

DESIGN: Randomised clinical trial.

SETTING: Primary Health Care centres (PHCCs) in Catalonia, Spain.

PARTICIPANTS: Adults aged 18 to 40 years with criteria of obesity or overweight, consulting PHCCs for any reason and who provide written informed consent to participate in the trial.

CONTROL GROUP will receive the usual care. The outcome measure will be weight loss at 12 months.

EXPECTED RESULTS: The investigators expect a higher weight loss in the intervention group than in control group.

Enrollment

76 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 40 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Young adults aged 18 to 40 years with overweight or obesity
availability of the patient's clinical history in the primary care centre
access to a smartphone device that meets the app requirements
access to an Internet data connection

Exclusion criteria

Morbid obesity with BMI> 40
Secondary Obesity (eg endocrine pathology)
eating disorders (the patient or any member of the family);
Presence of any significant comorbidity that a specific treatment (type 1 diabetes mellitus, severe mental illness);
pregnant or desire pregnancy in the next 12 months;
To participate in a weight loss program or taking any medication for weight loss in the moment of the recruitment
Take any medication that may influence body weight;