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An ACT-enhanced Weight Management and Fitness Program for Navy Personnel

NCT03029507 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 178

Last updated 2022-01-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The proposed study is a cohort-randomized controlled trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-enhanced ShipShape (ACT+SS) compared to the standard ShipShape-only program, for overweight or obese Navy personnel. As a result of COVID-19, this study is now being conducted virtually.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ACT Enhanced ShipShape

The ACT components focus on: a) thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations that are often present in the context of efforts to lose weight or improve fitness; b) limitations of previous efforts to control or eliminate negative thoughts or emotions, stress, or food cravings; c) changing expectations and goals from elimination of stress or cravings to living as well as possible with such feelings; d) mindfulness exercises to increase awareness of experiences; and e) identification of personal values and setting and pursuing values-consistent goals in order to achieve improved quality of life.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard ShipShape (SS)

The materials and format of the Standard SS-only protocol are based on recommendations from the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center. These include: a) education for nutrition and physical activity; b) creating and documenting goals for weight loss and physical fitness; c) a food diary to track eating habits throughout the program; d) developing behavioral strategies to initiate/maintain an exercise program; e) monitoring of physical activity (pedometer provided by the study); and f) identifying and overcoming personal triggers for over-eating.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • San Diego Veterans Healthcare System

    collaborator FED

  • United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego

    collaborator FED

  • Veterans Medical Research Foundation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Niloofar Afari, PhD · Veterans Medical Research Foundation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-12-08
Primary Completion
2022-07-31
Completion
2022-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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