Helping Employees Lose Pounds

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Weight Loss
• Interventions: Behavioral: Weekly Incentive

• Registration Number: NCT02853877
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives and messaging tailored to individual goals and aspirations to promote and sustain weight loss. This is a 2-arm randomized controlled trial that will recruit eligible employees at a large university to participate in a 3-month weight loss program, followed by a 3-month follow-up period. The primary outcome will be change in autonomous motivation for weight loss.

The study hypothesis is that intervention group participants will have a greater increase in autonomous motivation for weight loss than participants in the control group at 12 weeks.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-07-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-29
• Study Start: 2016-08-02
• Study First Posted: 2016-08-03
• Primary Completion: 2017-01-04
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Study Completion: 2017-04-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-14
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

• Interested in losing weight
• Body Mass Index between 30 and 40 kg/m2
• Have wireless internet at home
• Have Android or iOS smart device
• Willing to record themselves weighing in on a scale or let a family member record them weighing in on a scale

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Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant or lactating, or intending to become pregnant in the next 6 months
• Taking medication (other than metformin) for diabetes to control blood sugar
• Having a serious psychiatric diagnosis, unstable medical conditions or experienced a heart attack or stroke in the past 6 months
• Having a history of drug or alcohol abuse or addiction to prescription medications

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Weekly Incentive	Weekly Incentive	Participants in the Weekly Incentive arm will be asked to weigh in each week during a 12 week intervention period. They will receive tailored messages and have an opportunity to win a financial reward each week they meet their weight loss goal. Participants will be asked to complete a final weight measurement at week 24.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in autonomous motivation as measured by the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in weight as measured by participant weight measurements using Withings scales	12 weeks and 24 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Michigan; 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States