Development and Feasibility of Psycho-Educational Weight Reduction Program for Young Adults

NCT ID: NCT06081023

Last Updated: 2023-10-12

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

14 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-05

Study Completion Date

2022-07-29

Brief Summary

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The main aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of psycho-educational weight reduction program for reducing emotional eating and obesity

Detailed Description

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All participants who provide written informed consent will go through a screening process to evaluate their eligibility for study entrance after being briefed about the study and any potential risks. Individuals who met the eligibility requirements will then be randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group.

Conditions

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Emotional Eating Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Two groups i-e control and experimental. The experimental group was provided with treatment while the control group was only provided with behavioral relaxing techniques.
Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Progressive Muscle Relaxation

This arm was provided with only a relaxing behavioral technique

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Psycho-educational weight reduction program

This arm was provided with treatment of reducing emotional eating and obesity level

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psycho-educational weight reduction program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This program provides behavioral technique in order to minimize level of emotional eating and level of obesity

Interventions

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Psycho-educational weight reduction program

This program provides behavioral technique in order to minimize level of emotional eating and level of obesity

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Individuals must be enrolled at a university.
* Based on World Health Organizations age range young adults were selected for the current study i-e 19 years to 35 years (WHO; 2019).

Exclusion Criteria

* The young adults who diagnosed with any chronic health concern, either psychological or physical must not be included in the current study.
* The individuals who joined any kind of weight loss program or gym were also not included in the study.
* Individuals older than 35 were not included in the current study either.
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Nimra Anjum

Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

Other Identifiers

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2020(fall).MPhil(Psy)-009

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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