Obesity and Psychotherapy as an Alternative to Treatment

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Poor Patients Adherence to Exercise and Group Therapy as an Approach to Obesity Treatment

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01023126
• Other study ID #: 972833
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 1, 2009
• Last updated: December 1, 2009
• Start date: May 2007
• Est. completion date: September 2009

Study information

• Verified date: December 2009
• Source: Feevale
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Adherence to obesity treatment programs has been a limiting factor to good results in loosing weight. This study aimed to verify if obese subjects submitted to a physical exercise program and group psychotherapy would have a greater adherence, than obese people exercising only.

Description:

The sample was forty people, both genders, mean age: 42,2 ± 10,7 years old. Physical exercise consisted of walking and stretching three times a week, during 50 minutes, with intensity verified by the Borg Scale, during three months. One of the days were supervised by the authors while two were freely chosen by the participant, without supervision. The verified variables were: total body mass, height, body mass index, physical activity level, caloric expenditure, waist circumference and fat percentile. Half of the sample participated of group psychotherapy once weekly.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: September 2009
• Est. primary completion date: August 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 25 Years to 62 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• BMI >= 30 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age less than 25 or more than 62

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Therapy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Group Psychotherapy
Group psychotherapy once a week, under a psychiatrist supervision

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Centro Universirário Feevale	Novo Hamburgo	RS

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Feevale

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Weight loose		three months	No

External Links

•   Centro Universitário Feevale webpage