Translating Insights From Behavioral Economics and Self-Determination Theory to Promote Sustained Weight Loss Among Obese Employees
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 62
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in autonomous motivation as measured by the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 70 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •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
排除标准
- •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
结局指标
主要结局
Change in autonomous motivation as measured by the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire
时间窗: 12 weeks
次要结局
- Change in weight as measured by participant weight measurements using Withings scales(12 weeks and 24 weeks)
研究者
Jeffrey T. Kullgren
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan