NCT01642199

Lay Health Coaches for Weight Loss: Peers Versus Mentors

A Randomized Trial Testing Lay Health Coaches for Obesity Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 278 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Connecticut · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this study is to determine whether reduced intensity behavioral weight loss treatment (rBWL) + Peer Health Coaches yields significantly greater weight loss than rBWL + Mentor Health Coaches and rBWL alone.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Reduced Intensity Behavioral Weight Loss + Peer Health Coach	Participants will receive a 12-month reduced intensity group behavioral weight loss program. During weeks that there are no group meetings, participants will be coached by peers (i.e., other members of their weight loss group).
BEHAVIORAL	Reduced Intensity Behavioral Weight Loss + Mentor Health Coach	Participants will receive a 12-month reduced intensity group behavioral weight loss program. During weeks that there are no group meetings, participants will be coached by a mentor (i.e., successful weight loser).
BEHAVIORAL	Reduced Intensity Behavioral Weight Loss	Participants will receive 12 months of a reduced intensity group behavioral weight loss program.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-02-01
• Completion: 2017-02-01
• First posted: 2012-07-17
• Last updated: 2019-10-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States