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A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study of a Patient-Initiated Approach to Increasing Weight Communication in Primary Care

NCT04486235 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2021-05-06

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Summary

This study tests the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of using a brief pamphlet in the primary care waiting room focused on promoting patient-initiated weight-related discussions in primary care appointments.

Conditions

  • Obesity
  • Primary Care
  • Health Communication

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief waiting room pamphlet

An experiential pamphlet including brief assessment questions and recommended questions for the participant to ask their physician based on their responses. Areas covered in the pamphlet include patients' knowledge of weight status and implications of weight, confidence in physicians' abilities to treat weight, stage of change for weight-related behaviors, and comfort in discussing their weight.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Drexel University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jocelyn Remmert, MS · Drexel University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-09
Primary Completion
2020-09-01
Completion
2020-11-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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