Small Changes a One Year Protocol for Weight Management

Study Protocol: Small Changes, a One-year Weight Management Intervention for Adults Who Are Overweight or Obese

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

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Obesity
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Group motivational interviewing

Detailed Description

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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 155
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body Mass index equal to or greater than 30 kgm2

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Treatment as Usual; A Treatment as Usual (TAU) group received a psycho-educational programme for weight management over one year	Behavioral: 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.
Experimental: Group Motivational Intervieiwng; A Motivational interviewing group received one year of programme using motivational interviewing as the approach for treatment.	Behavioral: 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
weight	Bodyweight in Kilograms	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Small Changes

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 18, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 21, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): May 27, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): May 27, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 21, 2015
• Last Verified: May 1, 2015

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Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: smallchanges2011