Theory-Based Obesity Intervention Program for Women

Sakarya University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Application of The Theory of Planned Behaviour For Weight Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05027750

162146620500104273

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of education and counseling given to women according to the Theory of Planned Behavior on weight management. This study will be conducted as a single-blind randomized controlled study consisting of intervention and control groups. A total of 78 overweight and obese women included in the study. The participants assigned to either of the groups by the block randomization method. A training program consisting of a total of five sessions applied to the intervention group, and counseling will be provided for 6 months. The data will be analyzed with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 22.0 package program.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 49 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Being a woman in the age group of 18-49 years
• Having a body mass index (BMI) of 25.0-30.0 kg/m2 (overweight) or >30.0 kg/m2 (obese)
• Not going through menopause
• Not having diabetes
• Not having thyroid disease
• Not using hormonal contraceptive pills
• Not having polycystic ovarian disease
• Not having a metabolic disease
• Not having Cushing's syndrome
• Not having a disease that prevents physical activity
• Not having hypertension
• Not being pregnant or breastfeeding
• Owning and using a smart phone
• Having a mail account in Google and being able to use it

Exclusion criteria

• Women who do not meet the inclusion criteria
• Not volunteering to participate in the study
• Women with communication problems
• Women who did not give consent at any stage of the study and who quit the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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78 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The selected womens were associated with obesity risk factors about obesity (overweight) or obese and between 18-49 years old) and randomly assigned to the experimental group. Obesity training consisting of a total of five sessions structured according to Theory of Planned Behavior was scheduled for the intervention group. Each session lasted for approximately 30 minutes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Application of The Theory of Planned Behaviour For Weight Control

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group of the Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) was composed of 39 womens (between 18-49 years old) randomly assigned to the control group who are BMI was between 25.0-29.9 or BMI was between ≥30.0 according to the risk rating scales. A standard obesity training consisting of a single session was scheduled for the control group.