Recovery from Obesity in Primary Healthcare

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: obesity; Mental Health - Addiction; Diet and Nutrition - Obesity; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613001160729
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Otago, Christchurch

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-10-18
• Study Completion: 2015-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 16 February 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 108

Inclusion Criteria

Participants will be obese (BMI >30), 22-65 years old; wanting to lose weight; not currently involved in other weight loss programmes; and connected with their primary health care service

Exclusion Criteria

People with any other current significant medical condition or undergoing medical treatment that is likely to significantly affect weight, or which makes weight loss or dietary restriction a contraindication including:
a.people with uncontrolled diabetes or hypothyroidism
b.severe psychiatric symptoms, including mania and psychosis, which would interfere with ability to participate in this study
c.significant current risk of suicidality or homicidality
d.currently being prescribed any medications that are known to significantly increase or decrease weight including oral steroids, antiobesity medications, antipsychotics and the mood-stabilising medications sodium valproate and lithium carbonate
e.pregnant, lactating, trying or planning to get pregnant in the near future or refusal to use a reliable method of birth control in female participants
f.insufficient intellectual or educational capacity to complete the programme based on clinical assessment, or insufficient command of the English language to participate adequately in the therapeutic programme.
g. with severe physical disability impeding their ability to undertake the Two Minute Step in Place Test.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
5% loss of baseline body weight based on independent assessment by GP[12 months after baseline]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical fitness as measured by the 2 Minute Step in Place Test[6 & 12 months after baseline];Quality of life as measured by the WHOQOL-BREF[6 & 12 months after baseline];Mood and Anxiety as measured by the Kessler 10[6 &12 months after baseline];Self-esteem as measured by the Single Item Self-Esteem Scale[6 & 12 months after baseline];Eating compulsivity as measured by the Measure of Eating Compulsivity[12 months after baseline]