Web Based Follow up Intervention in Obesity Treatment for Women
- Conditions
- Obesity
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Follow Up Support
- Registration Number
- NCT01675687
- Lead Sponsor
- FEM Süd
- Brief Summary
This study is designed to verify that web based follow up intervention after a classic multidisciplinary face-to-face obesity treatment will reinforced nutrition and exercise self-efficacy, improve drop out rate and advance sustainability after weight loss of obese women.
Research Questions and Hypotheses
* How does a web based follow up intervention change self-efficacy of women participating in an obesity intervention?
* How does a web based follow up intervention affect the drop out rate of women participating in an obesity intervention?
* How does a web based follow up intervention influence sustainability of women participating in an obesity intervention?
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 84
- Women
- Age 18-80
- BMI 30-40
- Internet access
- Motivation and psychological stability to stay in a long term obesity intervention
- No medical conditions prohibiting moderate physical exercise
- Men
- Age under 18 years
- BMI under 30 and above 40
- No Internet access
- No motivation and psychological stability to stay in a long term obesity intervention
- Medical conditions prohibiting moderate physical exercise
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Internet Follow Up Support Participants of this intervention group get follow up support via Internet. They have access to new inputs biweekly consisting of * Thematic inputs and instructions (e.g. advice on shopping, cooking, regular exercise on daily routine, motivation and more) * assignments promoting self-awareness and introspection * spreadsheets promoting self-monitoring News and updates (e.g. recipes, gymnastic classes, meetings of self support groups and more) will be available each month. Tailored feedback of their behaviour will be given by documentation on spreadsheets. Printed Manual Follow Up Support Participants of this intervention group get follow up support via a printed manual. The manual consist of all the same inputs as are available to the Internet follow up group. * Thematic inputs and instructions (e.g. advice on shopping, cooking, regular exercise on daily routine, motivation and more) * assignments promoting self-awareness and introspection * spreadsheets promoting self-monitoring All inputs will be given at once at the beginning of the follow up intervention, only news and updates (e.g. recipes, gymnastic classes, meetings of self support groups and more) will be sent per mail each month. There is no tailored feedback of their behaviour as the paper-pencil documentation on spreadsheets can't be monitored by the psychologists.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in nutrition- and exercise self-efficacy Primary outcome measure is assessed at the beginning of the follow up support (baseline) and after 6 months (at completion of the follow up intervention by Internet or printed manual) Changes in nutrition- and exercise self-efficacy will be measured by scores in questionnaires for nutrition- and exercise self-efficacy (Sportbezogene Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung - Fuchs \& Schwarzer, 1994 and Weight Efficacy Life-Style Questionnaire - Clark et al. 1991). A change of more than one standard deviation will be considered significant.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dropout rate Secondary outcome measure is assessed at the beginning of the follow up support (baseline) and after 6 months (at completion of the follow up intervention by Internet or printed manual) The Dropout rate will be compared by the number of women available for the last meeting at the end of the follw up intervention.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
FEM Süd
🇦🇹Vienna, Austria
FEM Süd🇦🇹Vienna, Austria