Family & Friends - the Significance of a Significant Other in Treatment

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: With friend; Behavioral: Without friend

• Registration Number: NCT01238354
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

This study focuses on the difficulties to maintain a weight loss and behavioural change after having been in a institutional intermittent weight loss programme.

We explore if including a member of the family or a close friend in the treatment influences weight loss maintenance after completion of the programme.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-11
• Study First Submitted: 2010-11-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-11-09
• Study First Posted: 2010-11-10
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2016-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-06-14
• Last Update Posted: 2016-06-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Morbid obesity
• 18-50 years of age
• Having a relative or close friend who is willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy
• Serious mental illness
• Severe overeating behaviour
• Significant reduced physical functioning
• Having undergone bariatric surgery earlier
• Serious heart disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
With friend	With friend	Having the friend or family member stay together with the patient for 2-3 days for every 3 week stay at the clinic in the weight loss programme
Without friend	Without friend	Being in the weight loss programme without friend or family member

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Maintenance of weight loss	2 years after termination of programme

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Roros Rehabiliteringssenter; 🇳🇴 Roros, Norway