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The Exploration of an Active Training Tool to Reduce Weight Bias Among Students Pursuing a Healthcare-related Degree

A

Ariel University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Obesity Bias

Treatments

Behavioral: A short-written document on obesity
Behavioral: An active training tool on weight bias and knowledge about obesity

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05482802
AU-HEA-SSD-20220709

Details and patient eligibility

About

An open-label parallel RCT will be conducted among 220 students pursuing a health-related degree at Ariel university. The intervention tool will be based on the constructive social learning model and will include a short lecture on obesity, scenarios simulating a meeting between health professionals and patients with obesity that will be presented by professional role-players and include varying degrees of weight bias, stigma and discrimination, and an open discourse with a patient with obesity. The tool's development will be carried out throughout recommended steps including a comprehensive literature review, preparation of a preliminary draft of the plan, evaluation of the planned intervention tool in terms of content validity, and a pilot testing of the tool among n=15 students from the target population.

The control group will receive a short-written document on obesity. This study will utilize an embedded mixed-method approach. At baseline, one- and six- weeks post-intervention both groups will be asked to fill an anonymous online survey which will include demographics, weight and body perception, knowledge about obesity, the Anti-Fat Attitudes questionnaire, the Short-Form of Fat-Phobia scale, and the Weight-Implicit Association-Test. Moreover, in-depth interviews will be conducted among 15 participants from each group.

Enrollment

162 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • undergraduate students pursuing a healthcare-related degree including nutrition science, health systems management, communication disorders, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and nursing at Ariel university
  • age ≥18 years
  • willingness to participate in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

162 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

An active training tool on weight bias and knowledge about obesity
Active Comparator group
Description:
The intervention will take place at the university simulation center and include three components. First, a short-lecture on obesity and weight bias. Second, four scenarios that simulate meetings between health professionals and people with obesity which will be presented by professional role-players in sequence. Each scenario will include a different therapeutic situation and include varying degrees of weight bias, stigma, and discrimination to stimulate students to think and react. Third, an active open discourse with a person with obesity will be held.
Treatment:
Behavioral: An active training tool on weight bias and knowledge about obesity
A short-written document on obesity
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
A short-written document on obesity which will be based on current literature.
Treatment:
Behavioral: A short-written document on obesity

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Gizell Green, PhD; Shiri Sherf-Dagan, PhD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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