Flipped Classroom for Weight Management

NCT ID: NCT06622278

Last Updated: 2024-10-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 18 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-03-29
• Study Completion Date: 2023-03-01

Brief Summary

This study is a 24-week, single-arm trial investigating the feasibility of a flipped classroom behavioral intervention for weight management. The investigators will recruit up to 30 adults ages 18+ with a body mass index greater than or equal to 25 kg/m2 to participate in weekly, 1-hour group weight management education delivered remotely via Zoom with a trained health educator. Participants will receive a dietary prescription of 1200-1500 calories/day (5 portion-controlled meals and 5+ servings of fruits and vegetables) and exercise prescription of 150-300 minutes exercise/week. Additionally, participants will be asked to self-monitor diet and exercise adherence weekly. Feasibility outcomes will be collected at baseline, 12-weeks, and 24-weeks.

Conditions

Obesity; Weight Loss

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Group Health Education

Participants will be complete a total of 24, 1-hour group sessions with a health educator (exercise physiologist). The group size will be 10-15 participants and will be completed via Zoom. Prior to each group meeting, participants will email their weekly self-monitoring sheets to their health educator to review diet and exercise adherence. Each group session will follow a pre-determined structure: group discussion, review of adherence, 5 to 10 minutes of physical activity, and an active learning-based activity.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Flipped Classroom

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The flipped classroom educational model requires participants to independently review educational material before class, and class time with the health educator is spent engaging in group and individual skills-based activities and problem-solving assignments. The theoretical basis for the development of active learning is to elicit higher cognitive learning, according to the revised Bloom's taxonomy and shift independent student time to passive learning (remembering and understanding) and collaborative student and educator time to active learning (applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating). Thus, the weight management education will include: case vignettes, group debates/discussions, think-pair-share activities, gamification of health-related topics, creation of meal and physical activity, problem-solving barriers to a healthy diet and physical activity, and hands-on worksheets.

Interventions

Flipped Classroom

The flipped classroom educational model requires participants to independently review educational material before class, and class time with the health educator is spent engaging in group and individual skills-based activities and problem-solving assignments. The theoretical basis for the development of active learning is to elicit higher cognitive learning, according to the revised Bloom's taxonomy and shift independent student time to passive learning (remembering and understanding) and collaborative student and educator time to active learning (applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating). Thus, the weight management education will include: case vignettes, group debates/discussions, think-pair-share activities, gamification of health-related topics, creation of meal and physical activity, problem-solving barriers to a healthy diet and physical activity, and hands-on worksheets.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Body Mass Index greater than or equal to 25
• Age 18 to 75 years
• Wireless internet connection in the home
• Ability to engage in moderate to vigorous intensity exercise

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to commit to weekly group education
• Food allergy/intolerance that would hinder ability to adhere to dietary prescription

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Kansas Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Joseph Donnelly

Director, Division for Physical Activity and Weight Management

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

WCRP - S1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id