Evaluating Expectancy Effects in Weight Loss Measurement
Completed
- Conditions
- Accuracy of Clinic-based Weight Measurements
- Interventions
- Other: clinic-based weight measurements
- Registration Number
- NCT02101658
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this project is to examine potential bias or expectancies in individuals' measurement and recording of weight in a clinical-research setting.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 59
Inclusion Criteria
- 19+ years-old
- available to attend clinic sessions on dates provided for data collection
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Exclusion Criteria
- younger than 19 years
- not available on specified dates of data collection
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description weight data assessors clinic-based weight measurements students recruited to weigh individuals in a research-based clinic
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method accuracy of clinic-based weight measurement baseline Participants will be asked to weigh individuals who they have been told are completing either the treatment or control condition of a weight loss trial (individuals will actually be paid actors playing the role of a study participant). Participants will weigh individuals on calibrated balance-beam scales, and the discrepancy between weights recorded when individuals are thought to be a treatment or control participant will be calculated, which is the primary outcome for this study.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States