Small Changes a One Year Protocol for Weight Management

NCT ID: NCT02453854

Last Updated: 2015-05-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

155 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-10-31

Study Completion Date

2013-10-31

Brief Summary

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A trial comparing Treatment as usual with Motivational Interviewing focussed treatment in the 'Small Changes' programme.

Detailed Description

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A quasi-experimental design. With one arm focussed on 'treatment as usual' and the other on Motivational Interviewing. Subjects were not randomly assigned but treated as two separate cohorts one Running October 2011-October 2012 using the Treatment as usual and a separate cohort running from October 2012 to October -2013 using motivational interviewing as the approach for treatment.

Conditions

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Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment as Usual

A Treatment as Usual (TAU) group received a psycho-educational programme for weight management over one year

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Group motivational interviewing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Monthly group meetings were held for two hour sessions each month and verifiable (treatment fidelity checked) motivational interviewing employed in helping clients make health behaviour changes.

Group Motivational Intervieiwng

A Motivational interviewing group received one year of programme using motivational interviewing as the approach for treatment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Group motivational interviewing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Monthly group meetings were held for two hour sessions each month and verifiable (treatment fidelity checked) motivational interviewing employed in helping clients make health behaviour changes.

Interventions

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Group motivational interviewing

Monthly group meetings were held for two hour sessions each month and verifiable (treatment fidelity checked) motivational interviewing employed in helping clients make health behaviour changes.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Body Mass index equal to or greater than 30 kgm2
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Small Changes

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Trevor Simper

Dr Trevor Simper

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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smallchanges2011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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