Obesity Pathway Intervention Among Overweight and Obese Adults at Primary Care Centers in Hail, Saudi Arabia

Lifestyle-related Condition Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Obesity Pathway Intervention Among Overweight and Obese Adults at Primary Care Centers in Hail, Saudi Arabia: A Randomized Clustered Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05654337
• Other study ID #: Hail Health Cluster
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 15, 2023
• Est. completion date: February 2024

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: The New Model of Care, Hail Health Cluster
• Contact: Fakhralddin Elfakki, Research Manager at MOC
• Phone: +966530855161
• Email: abbasfakhraddin[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this pragmatic trial is to test the benefit of using dietary advice and health coaching for physical activities for obese and overweight in lowering body weight and making them lead a healthy lifestyle. The advice will be provided by an expert dietician and health coach at the primary health care. The main questions it aims to answer are:

To what extent does the obesity pathway among overweight and obese adults implemented at primary health care Clinics work well in lowering weight? To what extent do the use of dietary advice and coaching for physical activities for obese and overweight implemented at primary health care Clinics work well in achieving a positive lifestyle change? Participants will be asked to participate in the obesity pathway at primary care centres. An expert dietician and health coach will be used to provide a schedule for dietary control and coaching for physical activities.

Researchers will compare the change in body weight and lifestyle among overweight and obese adults in the intervention versus the control group at the primary care centre.

Adopting a healthy lifestyle, standard weight, healthy dietary habits, plus wise efforts to lowering your body weight is valuable. These need advice from an expert dietician and health coach to prevent the risk of contracting diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

Description:

Leadership and a multisectoral approach are the cornerstones in tackling the prevention of non-communicable diseases in Saudi Arabia. A focus should be on physical inactivity, tobacco, and unhealthy diet using effective and cost-effective interventions.

The last updated clinical practice guideline for the non-pharmacological management of overweight and obese Saudi adults strongly suggests lifestyle intervention rather than usual care alone, individualized counselling interventions rather than a generic educational pamphlet, physical activity rather than no physical activity, and physical activity in addition to diet rather than diet alone.

Many countries had implemented taxes on unprocessed sugar or sugar-added foods for reducing their consumption and preventing obesity and other adverse health events. however, no concrete evidence of the effectiveness of the intervention on the ground.

Mobile intervention technologies like pedometers or accelerometers with displays, activity trackers, smartphones, or tablets have a great effect in supporting sustainable health behaviour, increasing physical activity, and preventing the risk of chronic disease.

Research Questions:

1. To what extent does the obesity pathway intervention among overweight and obese adults implemented at primary health care clinics effective in achieving weight reduction?

2. To what extent does individualize nurse counselling such as dietary education and physical activity intervention among overweight and obese adults implemented at primary health care clinics effective in achieving a positive lifestyle change?

General objective:

To estimate the effectiveness of the obesity pathway intervention (individualized nurse counselling: dietary education and physical activity) at primary health care clinic in achieving weight reduction and positive lifestyle changes among overweight and obese adults.

Specific Objectives:

Aim 1: To compare the proportion of weight reduction among overweight and obese adults in the intervention versus the control group (routine care) at the Primary Health Care Clinic.

Aim 2: To compare the change in lifestyle among overweight and obese adults in the intervention versus the control group at the primary health care clinic.

Literature Review:

Planning an established clinic-based weight reduction program requires paying attention to different barriers to the retention of patients in the program.

Research Design and Methods:

This is a six months clustered randomized trial that will recruit adults who are obese and overweight to attend a primary health care clinic in Hail city.

Participants (P):

The participants will be adults who are obese and overweight of both genders attending the selected health centres. The participants are expected to be adults aged 18 years and above. Children and young adults will be excluded. In addition, severely ill patients, and patients with mental disorders will be excluded. The participants will be assessed at the start to collect the baseline data about Body Mass Index (BMI) to report eligible participants. At the end of the trial, a similar report on BMI will be obtained for each participant at three and six months after the beginning of the trial. A qualitative assessment report on lifestyle changes i.e. dietary habits and physical activities will also be obtained.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 440
• Est. completion date: February 2024
• Est. primary completion date: January 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults aged 18-60 with proven obesity and overweight

Exclusion Criteria:

• severely ill or patient with other chronic health conditions

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lifestyle-related Condition
• Overweight

Intervention

Other:
• Expert health counseling
Expert advice on dietary education, lifestyle change, and physical exercise schedule

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Saudi Arabia	New Model of Care at Hail Health Cluster	Hail

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The New Model of Care, Hail Health Cluster	Health Holding Company, Hail Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Saudi Arabia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The percentage of obese and overweight who lose 5% of their weight among participants.	The percentage of obese patients who lose 5% of their weight among participants in the intervention versus the control group (routine care) at the primary care clinic. This will be measured using a scoring checklist at the clinic and a self-based assessment card,	6 month from the start of the study
Primary	The percentage of patients who reduced their weight by 5%, and achieved more than 70 % adherence rate	The percentage of patients who reduced their weight by 5%, and achieved more than 70 % adherence rate to the provided schedule of dietary habits and physical activity in the intervention group vs. the control group	6 month from the start of the study