The Additive Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT) to Conventional Weight Loss Intervention Program for Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity; Learning Disability

Treatments: Other: Nutritional intervention, physical activity and behavioral treatment; Other: Nutritional intervention and physical activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01032369

TASMC-09-NV-587-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this randomized case control study we will evaluate the additive effect of psychological intervention, i.e CBT-cognitive behavioral treatment in a multi-strategy weight loss program composed of physical activity intervention and nutritional programme.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects with over-weight or obese subjects with learning disability who have completed "Nitzan Onim" two-year training program and live in housing within the community
• Subjects who sign an informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with out over-weight or obese subjects with out learning disability subjects who have no completed "Nitzan Onim" two-year training program and live in housing within the community

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

CBT

Experimental group

Description:

with behavioral intervention-CBT.

Treatment:

Other: Nutritional intervention, physical activity and behavioral treatment

Without CBT

Other group

Description:

Without behavioral intervention-CBT

Treatment:

Other: Nutritional intervention and physical activity