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Lifestyle Intervention in Morbidly Obese Patients

NCT00464984 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2021-09-01

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Summary

The long term effects of organized lifestyle intervention on weight loss, physical fitness and quality of life in morbidly obese patients have not been extensively studied. The objective of this study is to investigate whether an intensive lifestyle intervention program in a tertiary care clinic (Spesialsykehuset for Rehabilitating) is superior to lifestyle intervention in a primary care setting with respect to long term (4-years) changes in weight loss, physical fitness and quality of life

Conditions

  • Morbid Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle intervention

Intensive lifestyle intervention at a rehabilitation centre 3 times a week the first 3 months of study

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oslo University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Hospital of Vestfold

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jøran Hjelmesæth, MD, PhD · Morbid Obesity Center, Hospital of Vestfold, Boks 2168, NORWAY

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-08-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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