Effectiveness of Online Visit Compared With In-person Clinic Visit on Weight Loss

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Overweight
• Interventions: Behavioral: online visit group; Behavioral: self-directed group; Behavioral: Clinic visit group

• Registration Number: NCT03171961
• Lead Sponsor: Novindiet Clinic

Brief Summary

Online visit and online counseling via telemedicine technology is a new service for obese people who wish to lose weight but because of their active lifestyle and time limitation cannot come to clinic. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy this technology-based intervention on weight loss in obese and overweight female adults.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-05-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-05-27
• Study First Posted: 2017-05-31
• Study Start: 2017-06-20
• Primary Completion: 2018-02-10
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Study Completion: 2020-03-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Must be female
• Must be 18-45 years of age.
• Must have Body mass index (BMI) between 27-35 kg/ m².
• Must be able to have moderate exercise.
• Must be interested to have weight loss.
• Have access to the internet via broad- band ADSL or Mobile 4G

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy or lactation during the previous 6 months, or planned pregnancy in the next six months.
• Taking medications that could affect metabolism or change body weight.
• Report heart problems, chest pain, and cancer within the last five years.
• Smoking
• Menopause
• Diagnosis of any chronic disease such as fatty liver, cancer, chemo/radio therapy, heart disease, immune compromised conditions, abnormal thyroid hormone level.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
online visit group	online visit group	in online visit group , subjects has online visit with dietitian every 2 weeks
self-directed group	self-directed group	self-directed group ,subjects receive nutritional information via web and their energy needs for weight loss
clinic visit group	Clinic visit group	clinic visit group ,subject has every 2 weeks in person visit at clinic

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
weight	24 Weeks	kg

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fasting insulin level	24 Weeks	mU/l
HbA1c	24 Weeks	score
lipid profiles	24 Weeks	mmol/l
HOMA-IR	24 Weeks	Percentage (%)
Waist circumference	24 Weeks	cm
Fasting blood glucose	24 Weeks	mmol/l
liver function tests	24 Weeks	U/l

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NovinDiet Clinic; 🇮🇷 Tehrān, Iran, Islamic Republic of