Using the Hunt Motivational Scale to Aid in Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance

In this study, we plan to determine the efficacy of the Hunt Motivational Scale as a tool for weight loss compared to standard of care in the Penn Medicine Princeton Health weight management program.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Weight Loss
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Hunt Motivational Scale

Detailed Description

Obesity is rising at alarming rates, currently at nearly 40%. There are very few tools, specifically questionnaires, for healthcare providers to help their patients lose weight or maintain their weight loss. The Hunt Motivational Scale is one such tool to help patients identify areas that need improvement in order to aid in weight loss and weight maintenance. The HMS is designed to motivate patients to track, plan, and practice other healthy weight loss and weight maintenance practices so that they will have success.

In this study, approximately 75 subjects in the Penn Medicine Princeton Health weight management program will be randomly assigned to either receive the HMS or not (standard of care). They will be followed for a period of six months at the end of which it will be determined whether the group that received the HMS lost more weight than the control group.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 75
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Rameck Hunt, MD; Phone Number: 908-930-8257; Email: rahunt@princetonhcs.org

Study Locations

• United States
  • New Jersey
    • Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States, 08536
      • Recruiting
      • Penn Medicine Princeton Health
      • Contact: Missy Trammel; Phone Number: 609-853-7220; Email: mtrammel@princetonhcs.org

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• patient in weight management program at Penn Medicine Princeton Health

Exclusion Criteria:

• does not have a visit every three to four weeks
• not in active weight loss phase of the program
• diminished intellectual capacity to complete questionnaire i.e. Down's syndrome

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment arm; The treatment arm will receive the HMS as well as standard of care of the weight management program.	Other: Hunt Motivational Scale; The Hunt Motivational Scale is a tool to help facilitate weight loss and motivate patients to track, plan, and practice healthy weight loss and weight maintenance practices.
No Intervention: Control arm; The control arm will not receive the HMS and will receive standard of care.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Weight loss	Six months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Penn Medicine Princeton Health

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 11, 2018
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): October 11, 2018
• Study Completion (Anticipated): October 11, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 8, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 8, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): May 21, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 21, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 8, 2018
• Last Verified: May 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Body Weight Changes; Weight Loss; Body Weight
• Other Study ID Numbers: BN 2337

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No