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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT04741113
Other study ID # 0008-20-ASMC
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date January 6, 2021
Est. completion date June 1, 2021

Study information

Verified date June 2021
Source Assuta Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Although scientific bodies have recognized obesity as a disease, obese people are often stigmatized, facing discrimination, and accusations that they are responsible to their condition due to their lack of willpower by healthcare professionals. However, experimental research to reduce weight bias among healthcare professionals is lacking, and published studies to date are methodologically flawed, including lack of randomization, lack of control group and small sample size. The study is designed to evaluate the effect of a comprehensive online education module on knowledge about obesity and weight bias in a convenience sample in a private hospital setting. This is an interventional study conducted among all Assuta Medical Centers healthcare employees including physicians, bariatric surgeons, nurses, dietitians, social workers, physiotherapists, pharmacists, imaging department technicians, laboratory workers, patient services assistants and medical secretariats. Participants who will confirm their consent to participate in the study, will be randomized into two arms: intervention vs. control (with no intervention). The study intervention will include an online 15-minute educational module which will be based on relevant literature and expert opinion and will include four sections: a) Knowledge about obesity; b) Weight bias definition and impact; c) Strategies to reduce weight bias; d) A short quiz. At baseline, one week and one-month post intervention, both groups will respond to an anonymous on-line survey on knowledge about obesity and weight stigma. Moreover, data on demographic parameters of study participants will be collected.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 506
Est. completion date June 1, 2021
Est. primary completion date June 1, 2021
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - All Assuta Medical Centers healthcare employees will be recruited to the study Exclusion Criteria: -

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
An online 15-minute educational module
An online 15-minute educational module with four sections: a) Knowledge about obesity; b) Weight bias definition and impact; c) Strategies to reduce weight bias; d) A short quiz. The module will be based on relevant literature and expert opinion

Locations

Country Name City State
Israel Assuta Medical Center Tel Aviv

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Assuta Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Weight stigma Questionnaires on weight stigma Change from Baseline at 1 month post intervantion
Secondary Knowledge about obesity Questionnaire on knowledge about obesity Change from Baseline at 1 month post intervantion