Using the Hunt Motivational Scale to Aid in Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Weight Loss
• Interventions: Other: Hunt Motivational Scale

• Registration Number: NCT03530553
• Lead Sponsor: Penn Medicine Princeton Health

Brief Summary

In this study, we plan to determine the efficacy of the Hunt Motivational Scale as a tool for weight loss compared to standard of care in the Penn Medicine Princeton Health weight management program.

Detailed Description

Obesity is rising at alarming rates, currently at nearly 40%. There are very few tools, specifically questionnaires, for healthcare providers to help their patients lose weight or maintain their weight loss. The Hunt Motivational Scale is one such tool to help patients identify areas that need improvement in order to aid in weight loss and weight maintenance. The HMS is designed to motivate patients to track, plan, and practice other healthy weight loss and weight maintenance practices so that they will have success.

In this study, approximately 75 subjects in the Penn Medicine Princeton Health weight management program will be randomly assigned to either receive the HMS or not (standard of care). They will be followed for a period of six months at the end of which it will be determined whether the group that received the HMS lost more weight than the control group.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-04-11
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Study First Submitted: 2018-05-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-05-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-08
• Study First Posted: 2018-05-21
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-21
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-11
• Study Completion: 2018-10-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

• patient in weight management program at Penn Medicine Princeton Health

Exclusion Criteria

• does not have a visit every three to four weeks
• not in active weight loss phase of the program
• diminished intellectual capacity to complete questionnaire i.e. Down's syndrome

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment arm	Hunt Motivational Scale	The treatment arm will receive the HMS as well as standard of care of the weight management program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Weight loss	Six months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Penn Medicine Princeton Health; 🇺🇸 Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States