Web Based Follow up Intervention in Obesity Treatment for Women

FEM Süd

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Follow Up Support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01675687

EK-12-098-VK ID by EC Vienna

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to verify that web based follow up intervention after a classic multidisciplinary face-to-face obesity treatment will reinforced nutrition and exercise self-efficacy, improve drop out rate and advance sustainability after weight loss of obese women.

Research Questions and Hypotheses

• How does a web based follow up intervention change self-efficacy of women participating in an obesity intervention?
• How does a web based follow up intervention affect the drop out rate of women participating in an obesity intervention?
• How does a web based follow up intervention influence sustainability of women participating in an obesity intervention?

Enrollment: 84 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women
• Age 18-80
• BMI 30-40
• Internet access
• Motivation and psychological stability to stay in a long term obesity intervention
• No medical conditions prohibiting moderate physical exercise

Exclusion criteria

• Men
• Age under 18 years
• BMI under 30 and above 40
• No Internet access
• No motivation and psychological stability to stay in a long term obesity intervention
• Medical conditions prohibiting moderate physical exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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84 participants in 2 patient groups

Internet

Experimental group

Description:

Participants of this intervention group get follow up support via Internet. They have access to new inputs biweekly consisting of * Thematic inputs and instructions (e.g. advice on shopping, cooking, regular exercise on daily routine, motivation and more) * assignments promoting self-awareness and introspection * spreadsheets promoting self-monitoring News and updates (e.g. recipes, gymnastic classes, meetings of self support groups and more) will be available each month. Tailored feedback of their behaviour will be given by documentation on spreadsheets.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Follow Up Support

Printed Manual

Experimental group

Description:

Participants of this intervention group get follow up support via a printed manual. The manual consist of all the same inputs as are available to the Internet follow up group. * Thematic inputs and instructions (e.g. advice on shopping, cooking, regular exercise on daily routine, motivation and more) * assignments promoting self-awareness and introspection * spreadsheets promoting self-monitoring All inputs will be given at once at the beginning of the follow up intervention, only news and updates (e.g. recipes, gymnastic classes, meetings of self support groups and more) will be sent per mail each month. There is no tailored feedback of their behaviour as the paper-pencil documentation on spreadsheets can't be monitored by the psychologists.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Follow Up Support