Behavioral CVD Prevention Using Informatics
- Conditions
- Health Behavior
- Interventions
- Behavioral: CounselingBehavioral: feedback report
- Registration Number
- NCT02752464
- Lead Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Overweight/obesity is strongly linked to mortality from multiple chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity-related cancers.The successful management of overweight/obesity requires management of nutrition and physical activity over time. For racial/ethnic minority and low-income populations, who face both higher prevalence of obesity and chronic diseases compared to others, interventions promoting behavioral change are a national health priority. From the available range of behavioral change intervention strategies, there is a growing knowledge base that documents the efficacy of peer support interventions for improving self-care, quality of life, and behavioral change. In this study, the investigators will examine the following research question: What is the preliminary efficacy and degree of implementation and acceptability of an intervention approach in which peer counselors provide evidenced-based counseling about nutrition and physical activity behaviors for weight management to public housing residents using a computer-assisted program called CuesWeight?
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 105
- Willing to wear an accelerometer
- 18-65 years old
- Public housing resident with no plans to move in next 6 months
- Body mass index ≥25
- Open to making changes to diet & physical activity habits
- Currently enrolled in a comprehensive weight loss program or a research study whose primary outcome is weight loss
- Primary language spoken is a language other than Spanish or English
- Not willing to participate in study protocols, including wearing the accelerometer, not willing to have study staff send text messages
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Feedback report plus peer counseling Counseling Feedback report plus peer counseling Participants receive 12 sessions of behavioral counseling and a brief printed feedback report Feedback report feedback report Feedback report Participants receive a brief printed feedback report Feedback report plus peer counseling feedback report Feedback report plus peer counseling Participants receive 12 sessions of behavioral counseling and a brief printed feedback report
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Weight-objective measurement 12 weeks Weight in pounds will be measured objectively with a digital scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Diet, fruits and vegetables, self-reported via questionnaire 12 weeks Servings of fruits and vegetables will be measured via the Primescreen dietary screener instrument
Diet, sugar sweetened beverages, self-reported via questionnaire 12 weeks Fluid ounces of sugar sweetened beverages will be measured via the BEV-Q questionnaire
Diet, fast food, self-reported via questionnaire 12 weeks Number of visits to fast food restaurants will be measured via a 1-item question asking participants how often they go to fast food restaurants
Internal motivation, self-reported via questionnaire 12 weeks Perceptions of internal motivation to change diet and physical activity will be measured by a brief questionnaire
Physical activity, objectively measured 12 weeks Minutes of light to moderate physical activity will be measured via accelerometers (Actigraphs)
Physical activity, self-reported 12 weeks Minutes of light to moderate physical activity will be measured via a questionnaire (IPAQ)
Self-efficacy for eating a healthful diet, self-reported via questionnaire 12 weeks Perceptions of self-efficacy (or confidence) to change diet behaviors in a variety of situations will be measured by a brief questionnaire
Self-efficacy for doing physical activity, self-reported via questionnaire 12 weeks Perceptions of self-efficacy (or confidence) to change physical activity behaviors in a variety of situations will be measured by a brief questionnaire
Social support, self-reported via questionnaire 12 weeks Perceptions of social support from a variety of sources will be measured via a brief questionnaire
Feasibility, number of counseling sessions completed 12 weeks Number of counseling sessions completed in-person and over the phone will be tallied and reported
Feasibility, acceptability of intervention 12 weeks Perceptions of acceptability of both the brief feedback report and the counseling sessions will be asked in open- and closed-ended questions
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Boston Medical Center
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States