Better management of weight in general practice

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Obesity; Low health literacy; Diet and Nutrition - Obesity; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614001021662
• Lead Sponsor: Professor Mark Harris

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-09-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

*Visited a participating GP at least once in the last 12 month
*BMI >=30
*Can complete the health literacy screening questionnaire in English or one of the languages the questionnaire has been translated into
*Identified with low health literacy: the combined score of the three health literacy questions is >10 or if the score is <=10, the score of question C alone is >=3
*Patient willing to return for a Health Check with the Prevention Navigator
*Does not have any exclusion criterion

Exclusion Criteria

*Heart disease
*Stroke
*Insulin-treated diabetes
*Chronic renal impairment (eGFR < 60 mls/minute/1.73m2)
*Previous bariatric surgery
*Bariatric surgery planned in the next 12 months
*Treated with orlistat or phentermine.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Practice nurses' self-reported behaviour and confidence in assessing obese patients with low health literacy and providing advice and referral to community-based lifestyle modification programs for weight loss.<br>Self-reported behaviour and confidence will be assessed using 7-point and 5-point scales respectively in a survey.[Baseline and 12 months after baseline];Patients report, in past six months, of <br>*receiving assessment, advice and referral for weight loss<br><br>*attending/using community-based weight loss lifestyle modification programs referred to.<br>[Baseline and 6 and 12 months after baseline];Patients' health literacy related to weight loss.<br><br>This will be assessed using a 5-point scale in a survey.[Baseline and 12 months after baseline]