Web Based Follow up Intervention in Obesity Treatment for Women

March 6, 2015 updated by: FEM Süd

Effects on Self-efficacy, Sustainability and Drop Out Rate Using Web Based Follow up Intervention in Obesity Treatment for Women

This study is designed to verify that web based follow up intervention after a classic multidisciplinary face-to-face obesity treatment will reinforced nutrition and exercise self-efficacy, improve drop out rate and advance sustainability after weight loss of obese women.

Research Questions and Hypotheses

  • How does a web based follow up intervention change self-efficacy of women participating in an obesity intervention?
  • How does a web based follow up intervention affect the drop out rate of women participating in an obesity intervention?
  • How does a web based follow up intervention influence sustainability of women participating in an obesity intervention?

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

84

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Austria
      • Vienna, Austria, 1100
        • FEM Süd

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Women
  • Age 18-80
  • BMI 30-40
  • Internet access
  • Motivation and psychological stability to stay in a long term obesity intervention
  • No medical conditions prohibiting moderate physical exercise

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Men
  • Age under 18 years
  • BMI under 30 and above 40
  • No Internet access
  • No motivation and psychological stability to stay in a long term obesity intervention
  • Medical conditions prohibiting moderate physical exercise

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Internet

Participants of this intervention group get follow up support via Internet.

They have access to new inputs biweekly consisting of

  • Thematic inputs and instructions (e.g. advice on shopping, cooking, regular exercise on daily routine, motivation and more)
  • assignments promoting self-awareness and introspection
  • spreadsheets promoting self-monitoring

News and updates (e.g. recipes, gymnastic classes, meetings of self support groups and more) will be available each month.

Tailored feedback of their behaviour will be given by documentation on spreadsheets.
Behavioral: Follow Up Support
inputs will be based on elements derived from cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness and awareness training
Experimental: Printed Manual

Participants of this intervention group get follow up support via a printed manual.

The manual consist of all the same inputs as are available to the Internet follow up group.

  • Thematic inputs and instructions (e.g. advice on shopping, cooking, regular exercise on daily routine, motivation and more)
  • assignments promoting self-awareness and introspection
  • spreadsheets promoting self-monitoring

All inputs will be given at once at the beginning of the follow up intervention, only news and updates (e.g. recipes, gymnastic classes, meetings of self support groups and more) will be sent per mail each month.

There is no tailored feedback of their behaviour as the paper-pencil documentation on spreadsheets can't be monitored by the psychologists.
Behavioral: Follow Up Support
inputs will be based on elements derived from cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness and awareness training

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Changes in nutrition- and exercise self-efficacy
Time Frame: Primary outcome measure is assessed at the beginning of the follow up support (baseline) and after 6 months (at completion of the follow up intervention by Internet or printed manual)
Changes in nutrition- and exercise self-efficacy will be measured by scores in questionnaires for nutrition- and exercise self-efficacy (Sportbezogene Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung - Fuchs & Schwarzer, 1994 and Weight Efficacy Life-Style Questionnaire - Clark et al. 1991). A change of more than one standard deviation will be considered significant.
Primary outcome measure is assessed at the beginning of the follow up support (baseline) and after 6 months (at completion of the follow up intervention by Internet or printed manual)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Dropout rate
Time Frame: Secondary outcome measure is assessed at the beginning of the follow up support (baseline) and after 6 months (at completion of the follow up intervention by Internet or printed manual)
The Dropout rate will be compared by the number of women available for the last meeting at the end of the follw up intervention.
Secondary outcome measure is assessed at the beginning of the follow up support (baseline) and after 6 months (at completion of the follow up intervention by Internet or printed manual)

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Sustainability of weight loss
Time Frame: Further outcome measure is assessed at the beginning of the follow up support (baseline) and after 6 months (at completion of the follow up intervention by Internet or printed manual)

Sustainability will be measured in

  • percentage of women successfully stabilized weight (range of ± 2 kg based on Cooper et al. (2008)
  • percentage of women keeping the scores or impair no more than 1 standard deviation in their test results ("Ad Eva Testsystem zur Diagnostik und Evaluation bei Adipositas" - Ardelt-Gattinger und Meindl, 2009; "Sportbezogene Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung" - Fuchs & Schwarzer, 1994; "Weight Efficacy Life-Style Questionnaire (WEL)" - Clark et al., 1991; "SF 36 - Fragebogen zum Gesundheitszustand" - Bullinger und Kirchberger, 1998)
Further outcome measure is assessed at the beginning of the follow up support (baseline) and after 6 months (at completion of the follow up intervention by Internet or printed manual)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

FEM Süd

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Sonja Rader, Mag.a, FEM Süd

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 28, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 29, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

August 30, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 9, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 6, 2015

Last Verified

March 1, 2015

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • EK-12-098-VK ID by EC Vienna

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