NCT01716325

E-support for Healthcare Processes - WEIGHT LOSS

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Primorska · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to establish and clinically evaluate a new approach to treating obesity by using information and communication technologies (ICT). A mobile environment and organizational interventions to improve the process of an integrated treatment of people with obesity will be identified, developed, introduced and clinically evaluated.

Detailed description

A mobile environment to improve the process of an integrated treatment of obese people will be identified, developed, introduced and clinically evaluated. The study will include 150 patients aged between 25 to 65 for men and 25 to 70 for women, diagnosed with obesity (BMI≥30 or BMI\>27,5 and 20% risk or more for developing a cardiovascular diseases). One group of patients will visit conventional live workshops for weight loss and the other group will use ICT. At the initial examination by the doctor all survey participants will have measured blood pressure, body mass, waist circumference, percentage of body fat, percentage of skeletal muscle, resting metabolic rate, estimated risk of developing cardiovascular disease and will be directed to laboratory examination (blood lipids and cholesterol, blood sugar). Both groups will go through 16 workshops for weight loss. Each week they will monitor their body mass, waist circumference, physical activity (type, duration, intensity) and food intake (type, quantity). After six months all survey participants will be examined again. We will compare effectiveness of ICT weight loss group with conventional weight loss group.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Self-management weight loss plan endorsement.	Self-management weight loss plan endorsement.
OTHER	Conventional	Weight loss, comparator - no ICT support; conventional live workshops for weight loss

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2013-04-01
• First posted: 2012-10-29
• Last updated: 2012-10-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Slovenia