Helping Employees Lose Pounds

Weight Loss Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Translating Insights From Behavioral Economics and Self-Determination Theory to Promote Sustained Weight Loss Among Obese Employees

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02853877
• Other study ID #: HUM00107647
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 27, 2016
• Last updated: April 14, 2017
• Start date: August 2, 2016
• Est. completion date: April 7, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives and messaging tailored to individual goals and aspirations to promote and sustain weight loss. This is a 2-arm randomized controlled trial that will recruit eligible employees at a large university to participate in a 3-month weight loss program, followed by a 3-month follow-up period. The primary outcome will be change in autonomous motivation for weight loss.

The study hypothesis is that intervention group participants will have a greater increase in autonomous motivation for weight loss than participants in the control group at 12 weeks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 62
• Est. completion date: April 7, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: January 4, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Interested in losing weight

• Body Mass Index between 30 and 40 kg/m2

• Have wireless internet at home

• Have Android or iOS smart device

• Willing to record themselves weighing in on a scale or let a family member record them weighing in on a scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or lactating, or intending to become pregnant in the next 6 months

• Taking medication (other than metformin) for diabetes to control blood sugar

• Having a serious psychiatric diagnosis, unstable medical conditions or experienced a heart attack or stroke in the past 6 months

• Having a history of drug or alcohol abuse or addiction to prescription medications

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Weight Loss

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Weekly Incentive
The tailored incentives intervention aims to assess the impact of tailored messaging and financial incentives on weight loss among obese employees.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Change in autonomous motivation as measured by the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire		24 weeks
Other	Change in physical activity as measured by the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire		12 weeks and 24 weeks
Other	Change in eating behaviors as measured by the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire		12 weeks and 24 weeks
Other	Change in participation in weight-related wellness programs as measured by responses to the question "In the past 3 months, have you participated in any health and wellness programs?"		12 weeks and 24 weeks
Other	Change in self-efficacy to lose weight as measured by the Perceived Competence Scale		12 weeks and 24 weeks
Other	Change in stage of change for weight loss as measured by responses to the questions "Are you currently trying to lose weight?" and "Do you intend to try to lose weight in the near future?"		12 and 24 weeks
Primary	Change in autonomous motivation as measured by the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire		12 weeks
Secondary	Change in weight as measured by participant weight measurements using Withings scales		12 weeks and 24 weeks