Obesity Assessment and Education Through the Internet

NCT ID: NCT00149682

Last Updated: 2010-01-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2005-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2007-12-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop a web-based obesity risk assessment and counseling tool and examine its feasibility and effectiveness in improving the rate and quality of physician counseling about obesity, dietary change, and physical activity.

Detailed Description

Despite the high prevalence of obesity and its associated health risks, physicians do not address weight and behaviors that contribute to obesity because of lack of knowledge, training, and access to resources. To address these physician barriers to counseling, the investigator has developed a web-based tool that collects and integrates relevant patient clinical and behavioral information online and generates patient-specific recommendations and links to resources in the form of electronic patient and physician reports. In doing so, the tool provides physicians with a time saving device that identifies at risk patients who are motivated to make behavioral changes; at the same time, the tool provides tailored resources and recommendations that help physicians deliver more effective counseling.

The pilot study described in this application randomizes overweight primary care patients to a control group and the web-based intervention. The aims of the study are to examine the feasibility of incorporating the web-based tool into primary care practice and to collect preliminary data on its potential effectiveness on improving the rate and quality of physician-patient discussions about weight and on improving several clinical and behavioral outcomes.

Conditions

Obesity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

6-month educational program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

6-month standard care program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Received invitation from participating primary care practices
• Scheduled non-urgent appointment with their usual primary care provider
• BMI > 25 kg/m2
• Willing and able to participate in a web-based computerized self-administered questionnaire
• English-speaking

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy
• Terminal illness
• Not competent to give consent

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH

Sponsor Role: lead

Principal Investigators

Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Locations

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Countries

United States

References

Wee CC, Davis RB, Phillips RS. Stage of readiness to control weight and adopt weight control behaviors in primary care. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 May;20(5):410-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0074.x.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 15963162 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

OAEI (completed)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id