Education Session to Improve Program Adherence

September 24, 2024 updated by: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Implementation of Education on Calorie Tracking Application to Improve Adherence to a Calorie Restricted Weight Management Program

To examine is user knowledge of a dietary self-monitoring (DSM) calorie tracking app and improving patient adherence to daily caloric food intake to help with weight loss.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The research question guiding this project is: In adults with a BMI greater than 25 kg/m2, does a 1-hour education session on using a calorie-tracking application improve adherence to a calorie-restricted weight management program over eight weeks? This project aimed to increase patient knowledge with the DSM tool. To Increase adherence to the calorie-restricted diet program and, finally, to increase weight loss in the program participants of the 8-week program

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

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

  • United States
    • North Carolina
      • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
        • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age and older with a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 25 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Younger than18 years of age with a Body Mass Index (BMI) less than 25 kg/m2

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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: dietary self-monitoring tool education session
access the impact of a one-hour dietary self-monitoring tool education session for participants in a calorie-restricted weight management program on their knowledge of the use of the tool to help them adhere to a calorie-restricted weight management program
Behavioral: one-hour dietary self-monitoring tool education session
access the impact of a one-hour dietary self-monitoring tool education session for participants in a calorie-restricted weight management program on their knowledge of the use of the tool to help them adhere to a calorie-restricted weight management program
Other Names:
  • education session

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Perceived Competence Scale (PCS) Score
Time Frame: Baseline
The Perceived Competence Scale (PCS) will be the open-access validated tool used for this project. This will be the 4 questions pretest/posttest utilized. A 1-hour education session will provide training on the use of a DSM calorie-tracking app. Following this will be an 8-week in-person weight management program focusing on a daily calorie and carb restriction and protein goal. Each item is scored from 1 to 4, where a score of 1 indicates low perceived competence and a score of 4 reflects high perceived competence. Scores are summed and then averaged for each subscale, resulting in four separate subscale means.
Baseline
Perceived Competence Scale (PCS) Score
Time Frame: Week 8
The Perceived Competence Scale (PCS) will be the open-access validated tool used for this project. This will be the 4 questions pretest/posttest utilized. A 1-hour education session will provide training on the use of a DSM calorie-tracking app. Following this will be an 8-week in-person weight management program focusing on a daily calorie and carb restriction and protein goal. Each item is scored from 1 to 4, where a score of 1 indicates low perceived competence and a score of 4 reflects high perceived competence. Scores are summed and then averaged for each subscale, resulting in four separate subscale means.
Week 8

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Melanie Smith, DO, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 10, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 16, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

August 16, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 20, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 20, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

May 24, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 26, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 24, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB00110851

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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