Motivational Interviewing to Address Freshman Weight Gain

The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of Motivational Interviewing and e-health education on body composition and psychological outcomes. After baseline testing, participants will be randomly assigned to a motivational interviewing or e-health education group for a 10-week intervention. Variables of interest include: body composition, physical activity, food consumption and self-determination theory constructs.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Motivational Interviewing
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing; Behavioral: e-education

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Alabama
    • Auburn, Alabama, United States, 36849
      • School of Kinesiology

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 20 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Classified as a college freshman and 18 years of age.
2. Low risk for medical complications from exercise (as determined by physical activity readiness questionnaire (PARQ+).
3. Neither currently engaging in exercise nor consistently exercising over the last three months (2 days per week or less).
4. Be considered overweight based on BMI (BMI at or above 25)
5. Not pregnant.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those that do not meet inclusion criteria.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Motivational Interviewing; Participants assigned to this arm will complete three MI sessions over 10 weeks.	Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing; Participants receiving MI
Active Comparator: E-education; The e-education group receives three educational modules lasting approximately 10 minutes each over a period of 10 weeks.	Behavioral: e-education; Participants receiving e-education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
changes in fat mass	changes in fat mass measured in KG by a iDXA scan	12 and 28 weeks
Changes in lean mass	changes in lean mass measured in KG by a iDXA scan	12 and 28 weeks
Physical Activity	Changes in minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity measured by an accelerometer.	12 and 28 weeks
Changes in the number of servings of Fruit and Vegetables	Changes in fruit and vegetable consumption measured in servings per day	12 and 28 weeks
Changes in Autonomous motivation	Changes in Autonomous motivation will be assessed with the Exercise Regulation Questionnaire (BREQ-3). The score range for each subscale is 0-16. A higher score for each subscales represents higher levels of motivation for external, introjected, identified and integrated forms of motivation.	12 and 28 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Experience with MI	Participants experience with the MI intervention will be assessed with the Health care climate questionnaire. This scale measures perceived autonomous support. The score ranges from 15-105, with higher scores associated with higher levels of perceived autonomy support.	12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Auburn University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 10, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 31, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): August 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 1, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 16, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): October 17, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 12, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 11, 2021
• Last Verified: February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Body Weight; Body Weight Changes; Weight Gain
• Other Study ID Numbers: AuburnU-MI college freshman

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: There is not a plan to make IPD available

Drug and device information, study documents

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