Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01211574
Pilot Study Testing Professional, Peer, and Mentor Health Coaches for Weight Loss
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 2 / Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 44 (actual)
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 40 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Participants will be randomly assigned to 1 of 3 types of health coaches, Peers, Mentors, or Professionals. The aim of this study is to examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of health coaching for weight loss.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | peer coach | Participants will receive behavioral weight loss treatment and be coached by a peer between treatment visits. |
| BEHAVIORAL | mentor | Participants will receive behavioral weight loss treatment and be coached by a mentor between treatment visits. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Professional | Participants will receive behavioral weight loss treatment and be coached by a behavioral weight loss interventionist between treatment visits. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2011-04-01
- Completion
- 2011-04-01
- First posted
- 2010-09-29
- Last updated
- 2012-07-13
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01211574. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.