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Telehealth for Weight Maintenance of African-American Women ("Exercise Your Faith")

NCT01402557 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2016-12-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Obesity can cause many health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Although some people may lose weight through diet and exercise, many regain weight over time. There is a need to study new ways of helping people maintain their weight. The purpose of this research is to study the effect of a weight maintenance program provided through home television sets connected to the Internet.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Weight Loss Church Program

An initial 12-week weight loss program held in churches to ensure adequate participation, competence in performing exercises, and development of social relationships among participants. All participants attend the church programs prior to the weight maintenance phase.

BEHAVIORAL

Telephone Counseling

Following completion of the weight loss program, participants will receive monthly telephone counseling.

BEHAVIORAL

Telehealth Support

After the weight loss program, women will access the home weight maintenance telehealth program through Internet enabled digital video recorders connected to their television sets. The telehealth program includes three components: (1) Weekly Video: home access to weekly video programs including problem solving and relapse prevention strategies, as well as motivational stories; (2) Teleexercise: home access to updated video exercise programs; and (3) Electronic Communication: social support through online communication with other participants, and with an exercise and nutrition interventionist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ben Gerber, MD, MPH · University of Illinois at Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-08-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

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