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A Primary Care Intervention for Weight Management

NCT00271193 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2017-10-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study will test whether adding brief counseling visits with an ancillary health care provider (a nurse or nursing assistant) will induce additional weight loss, as compared with quarterly physician visits alone. All visits will take place at the site of usual patient care (i.e., the primary care clinic).

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Weight loss counseling

A comparison of weight loss advice provided by primary care physicians to advice plus brief weight loss counseling provided by medical assistants. Participants in both groups receive weight loss materials.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    collaborator NIH

  • Kaiser Permanente

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas A Wadden, PhD · Director, Weight and Eating Disorders Program, University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-30
Primary Completion
2008-06-30
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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