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Online Counseling to Enable Lifestyle-focused Obesity Treatment in Primary Care

NCT01044147 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2016-01-14

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Summary

With over half of the US population currently overweight and 31% of adults now obese, the primary care setting may represent an important source of weight-loss support, in the interest of cardiovascular prevention. Yet, although the US Preventive Services task force recommends that physicians screen all adult patients for obesity and offer intensive counseling and behavioral interventions to promote sustained weight loss for obese adults, the recommendation has not been widely implemented. The Internet may help overcome many of the barriers that have prevented intensive obesity counseling in the clinical setting. The aim of this study is to examine whether Internet-based interventions for developing healthier lifestyles can improve preventive health care in a cost-effective manner.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

VLM-S

Online program for weight loss - standard

BEHAVIORAL

VLM-M

Online program for weight loss - modulated

BEHAVIORAL

OGR

Online program for weight loss - resources

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kathleen M McTigue, MD, MS, MPH · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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