Development and Feasibility of Psycho-Educational Weight Reduction Program for Young Adults

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Development and Feasibility of Psycho-Educational Weight Reduction Program for Young Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06081023
• Other study ID #: 2020(fall).MPhil(Psy)-009
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 5, 2022
• Est. completion date: July 29, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of psycho-educational weight reduction program for reducing emotional eating and obesity

Description:

All participants who provide written informed consent will go through a screening process to evaluate their eligibility for study entrance after being briefed about the study and any potential risks. Individuals who met the eligibility requirements will then be randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 14
• Est. completion date: July 29, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 29, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 19 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals must be enrolled at a university.
• Based on World Health Organizations age range young adults were selected for the current study i-e 19 years to 35 years (WHO; 2019).

Exclusion Criteria:

• The young adults who diagnosed with any chronic health concern, either psychological or physical must not be included in the current study.
• The individuals who joined any kind of weight loss program or gym were also not included in the study.
• Individuals older than 35 were not included in the current study either.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emotional Eating
• Obesity
• Weight Loss

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Psycho-educational weight reduction program
This program provides behavioral technique in order to minimize level of emotional eating and level of obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Nimra Anjum	Rawalpindi	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from Baseline in Emotional Eating on Emotional Eating Scale (EES-25) after 12 weeks	The EES-25 is a validated self-report scale assessing the level of emotional eating. Possible scores range from 25 (No desire to eat) to 125 (an overwhelming urge to eat) Change=week 12 score-baseline score	Baseline and Week 12