Dissemination of a Weight Management Program Among US Veterans

Body Weight Clinical Trial

Official title:

Dissemination of a Weight Management Program Among US Veterans

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00998452
• Other study ID #: 06-0350
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 19, 2009
• Last updated: April 21, 2017
• Start date: December 2009
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: February 2013
• Source: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is being conducted with the Veterans Affairs National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (VANCP), which is overseeing the current dissemination of MOVE! (Managing Overweight/Obesity for Veterans Everywhere), a national weight management program for veterans. It will be based at 10 local sites in the national network of VA medical settings and community-based outpatient clinics and will compare two different models for disseminating and implementing MOVE! using a randomized experimental design. One study arm will implement the MOVE* VETS! (Volunteer Education and Tailored Self-management and support) model that includes tailored newsletters and peer counseling MI calls and activities, and the other will receive the standard MOVE! program.

Description:

The purpose of this research is to study the dissemination and implementation of MOVE!. MOVE! is a national weight management program for veterans that has moved form pilot to full dissemination. Overweight and obesity are rapidly rising in the United States and interventions to combat this epidemic are desperately needed. Within the VA population, approximately 70% of veterans are overweight and or obese. Participants will be male and female Veterans, aged 21 and over receiving health services at one of the 10 study sites, who qualify for the MOVE! program. We are recruiting a minimum of 800 -1000 Veterans to complete a baseline survey at the 10 VA sites participating in the study. Participants at the 10 VA sites are recruited during a primary care visit by primary care provider, they will not be chosen based on the presence or absence of any disease, thus health status will vary. The primary outcome measures will be participation after enrollment into MOVE! and participant weight loss.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 732
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 21 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Receiving primary care at the one of the 10 selected VA centers

• BMI 25 or over

• 21 years old, no upper age limit

• Pregnant women may participate in the study with the approval of the VA medical staff

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not a patient at one of the 10 VA sites

• BMI less than 25

• Under 21 years of age

• Pregnant without medical approval to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Weight

Intervention

Behavioral:
• MOVE*VETS
Receiving 4 tailored newsletters on the study health behavior topics created from the baseline survey. Also 2-4 counseling calls from peer counselors.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Boston VAMC	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at UNC-CH	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
United States	Jesse Brown VAMC	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Edward Hines Jr. VAMC	Hines	Illinois
United States	Minneapolis VAMC	Minneapolis	Minnesota
United States	Omaha VAMC	Omaha	Nebraska
United States	George E. Wahlen VAMC	Salt Lake City	Utah
United States	Audie L. Murphy VAMC	San Antonio	Texas
United States	VA Puget Sound HCS	Seattle	Washington
United States	West Haven VAMC	West Haven	Connecticut
United States	West LA VAMC	West Los Angeles	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Primary study outcome measures at the participant level will be program participation and effectiveness in achieving weight loss.		At enrollment and 6 months post-enrollment
Secondary	Secondary outcome measures include improved self-management behaviors (diet and physical activity),psychosocial factors, awareness and utilization of program components/activities, and perceptions of the program/organization.		enrollment to 6 months post-enrollment