Obesity and Psychotherapy as an Alternative to Treatment

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Therapy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Group Psychotherapy

• Registration Number: NCT01023126
• Lead Sponsor: Feevale

Brief Summary

Adherence to obesity treatment programs has been a limiting factor to good results in loosing weight. This study aimed to verify if obese subjects submitted to a physical exercise program and group psychotherapy would have a greater adherence, than obese people exercising only.

Detailed Description

The sample was forty people, both genders, mean age: 42,2 ± 10,7 years old. Physical exercise consisted of walking and stretching three times a week, during 50 minutes, with intensity verified by the Borg Scale, during three months. One of the days were supervised by the authors while two were freely chosen by the participant, without supervision. The verified variables were: total body mass, height, body mass index, physical activity level, caloric expenditure, waist circumference and fat percentile. Half of the sample participated of group psychotherapy once weekly.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-05
• Primary Completion: 2007-08
• Study Completion: 2009-09
• Status Verified: 2009-12
• Study First Submitted: 2009-12-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-12-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-12-01
• Study First Posted: 2009-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2009-12-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• BMI >= 30 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria

• Age less than 25 or more than 62

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
EGT	Group Psychotherapy	Exercise three times a week, one under supervision and two freely chosen by the participant

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Weight loose	three months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centro Universirário Feevale; 🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil