Small Changes a One Year Protocol for Weight Management
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Obesity
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Group motivational interviewing
- Registration Number
- NCT02453854
- Lead Sponsor
- Small Changes
- Brief Summary
A trial comparing Treatment as usual with Motivational Interviewing focussed treatment in the 'Small Changes' programme.
- Detailed Description
A quasi-experimental design. With one arm focussed on 'treatment as usual' and the other on Motivational Interviewing. Subjects were not randomly assigned but treated as two separate cohorts one Running October 2011-October 2012 using the Treatment as usual and a separate cohort running from October 2012 to October -2013 using motivational interviewing as the approach for treatment.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 155
Inclusion Criteria
- Body Mass index equal to or greater than 30 kgm2
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Treatment as Usual Group motivational interviewing A Treatment as Usual (TAU) group received a psycho-educational programme for weight management over one year Group Motivational Intervieiwng Group motivational interviewing A Motivational interviewing group received one year of programme using motivational interviewing as the approach for treatment.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method weight 1 year Bodyweight in Kilograms
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method