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Web-Based Delivery of MOVE! to Veterans With Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

NCT00983476 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 276

Last updated 2017-04-13

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Summary

Obesity and physical inactivity have reached epidemic proportions, resulting in increased rates of a variety of chronic diseases, increased risk of death, and substantial health care costs. Individuals with serious mental illness are even more likely to be overweight or obese, which contributes to the high rate of co-morbid medical disease and early mortality found among this population. Specific individual and group-based psychoeducational interventions have repeatedly and consistently been shown to help adults with serious mental illness improve their weight. However, these require substantial time from mental health clinicians, and frequent visits by patients to mental health clinics. This creates challenges for patients who may need to travel to a medical center that provides these services, and who often have limited transportation options. It is likely that these barriers can be addressed with a computerized, web-based intervention focused on diet and exercise education, and tailored for veterans with serious mental illness. Web-based systems can deliver content that is intensive, engaging, and tailored to the needs and preferences of specific patients. Web-based systems can be delivered using computers at community-based outpatient Clinics or other settings in the community. The objective of this project is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based intervention to help patients with serious mental illness lose weight.

Conditions

  • Psychotic Disorders
  • Obesity
  • Health Behaviors

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

in-person MOVE! SMI

Individual and group in-person sessions that deliver manualized MOVE! curriculum adapted for use with individuals with cognitive deficits (often found in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI))

BEHAVIORAL

web-based MOVE! SMI

online sessions that deliver manualized MOVE! curriculum adapted for use with individuals with cognitive deficits (often found in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI))

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Alexander S Young, MD MSHS · VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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