Awareness, Care & Treatment in Obesity Management (ACTION) Study

NCT ID: NCT03223493

Last Updated: 2019-07-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

3767 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-10-29

Study Completion Date

2015-11-12

Brief Summary

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The ACTION (Awareness, Care, and Treatment In Obesity management) study aims to identify perceptions, attitudes, behaviours, and potential barriers to effective obesity care across three respondent types: 1) People with Obesity, 2) Healthcare Providers and 3) Employer Representatives in the US. Data is collected via online surveys using a cross-sectional, US-based stratified sample design.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Metabolism and Nutrition Disorder Obesity

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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People with Obesity

General population, respondents are recruited via email and/or phone through an online panel company with which respondents have provided permission to be contacted for research

No treatment given

Intervention Type OTHER

Completion of a questionnaire

Healthcare Providers

Health care professionals, respondents will be recruited via email, USPS mail, and/or phone through an online panel company with which respondents have provided permission to be contacted for research purposes or through the AMA Masterfile

No treatment given

Intervention Type OTHER

Completion of a questionnaire

Employer representatives

Employers, respondents will be recruited via email, USPS mail, and/or phone through an online panel company with which respondents have provided permission to be contacted for research purposes

No treatment given

Intervention Type OTHER

Completion of a questionnaire

Interventions

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No treatment given

Completion of a questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* GENERAL POPULATION
* Agrees to AE reporting
* Age at least 18 years
* Lives in the US
* Current BMI at least 30 kg/sqm
* HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
* Agrees to AE reporting
* Physician and board certified or NP/PA
* Facility located in the U.S. and not Vermont
* Spends at least 70% of time in direct patient care
* Seen at least 100 patients in past month
* Seen at least 10 patients in past month needing weight management
* In practice 2-35 years
* Not competitively employed
* Primary Care Providers
* Specialty is FP, IM, GP
* Less than 50% patients seen for obesity
* Obesity Specialists
* Obesity medicine or weight loss specialist or at least 50% of patients seen for obesity
* In practice 2-35 years
* EMPLOYERS
* Age at least 18 years
* Works in the US
* Director, Administrator, CHRO, VP or other title
* Responsible for making or influencing decisions about health insurance or health and wellness programs
* Company employs 500 or more full-time employees
* Believes there is a weight issue at their company
* Not competitively employed

Exclusion Criteria

\- None
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Novo Nordisk A/S

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Novo Nordisk Investigational Site

Honeoye Falls, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Kaplan LM, Golden A, Jinnett K, Kolotkin RL, Kyle TK, Look M, Nadglowski J, O'Neil PM, Parry T, Tomaszewski KJ, Stevenin B, Lilleore SK, Dhurandhar NV. Perceptions of Barriers to Effective Obesity Care: Results from the National ACTION Study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Jan;26(1):61-69. doi: 10.1002/oby.22054. Epub 2017 Oct 31.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29086529 (View on PubMed)

Jinnett K, Kyle T, Parry T, Stevenin B, Ramasamy A; ACTION Steering Group. Insights into the Role of Employers Supporting Obesity Management in People with Obesity: Results of the National ACTION Study. Popul Health Manag. 2019 Aug;22(4):308-314. doi: 10.1089/pop.2018.0133. Epub 2018 Oct 31.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 30383482 (View on PubMed)

Look M, Kolotkin RL, Dhurandhar NV, Nadglowski J, Stevenin B, Golden A. Implications of differing attitudes and experiences between providers and persons with obesity: results of the national ACTION study. Postgrad Med. 2019 Jun;131(5):357-365. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2019.1620616. Epub 2019 Jun 3.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 31155994 (View on PubMed)

Dhurandhar NV, Kyle T, Stevenin B, Tomaszewski K; ACTION Steering Group. Predictors of weight loss outcomes in obesity care: results of the national ACTION study. BMC Public Health. 2019 Oct 30;19(1):1422. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7669-1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31666040 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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U1111-1198-9657

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

INS-4409

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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