Effectiveness of SisterTalk Hartford for Weight Loss Among African-American Women

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Hospitals-Churches Partnership for Health Project: SisterTalk Hartford

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01282749
• Other study ID #: O02-07-003-E
• Secondary ID: SR0550
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2002
• Est. completion date: August 2006

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: UConn Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the SisterTalk Hartford study was to assess whether a theoretically- and scientifically-based, culturally acceptable weight loss program could be effectively translated into a faith-based program and subsequently delivered in the church to help African-American women lose weight.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 322
• Est. completion date: August 2006
• Est. primary completion date: August 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• BMI of at least 25.0

• self-identifies as Black or African-American

• able to do mild physical activity such as walking or chair exercises

Exclusion Criteria:

• has insulin dependent diabetes

• is pregnant, nursing, or had a baby in the past 4 months

• has ever been treated for an eating disorder (e.g. anorexia nervosa, bulimia)

• had a heart attack in the past 2 years requiring hospitalization

• has ever had a stroke

• has congestive heart failure

• has uncontrolled hypertension

• currently participating in another study

• is on a doctor-prescribed diet that cannot be changed (e.g. very low protein diet for a person in liver failure)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Overweight

Intervention

Behavioral:
• SisterTalk Hartford
12-week group support and film-based healthy lifestyle education program, including information on healthy nutrition and food preparation, increasing activity and exercise, healthy lifestyle behavior modification, and supportive spiritual materials.
• Attention control video series
Participants received general film series on healthy lifestyles while waiting to participate in the experimental arm.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Connecticut Health Center	Farmington	Connecticut

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
UConn Health	Brown University, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford CT

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	weight loss	Change in BMI	assessed 4 times over 2 years, in roughly 6 mo intervals