Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02731768
Nutrition, Exercise, and Technology for Weight Loss
Using Technology to Enhance Social Support for Weight Loss in Adults: The NETworks (Nutrition, Exercise, and Technology) Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 36 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a social support-enhanced, technology-based, behavioral weight control intervention can improve weight loss over existing best practices.
Detailed description
This 4-month randomized controlled trial is designed to investigate the short-term efficacy and feasibility of a novel, social support-enhanced behavioral weight control intervention. Participants will be recruited via email listservs, fliers, and word of mouth. They will be randomized to a standard behavioral weight control treatment (SBT) or a social support-enhanced behavioral weight control treatment which receives the same intervention as SBT plus social support resources (specifically, additional self-monitoring technologies) for weight loss.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Standard | Participants will receive an evidence-based behavioral weight control program focused on physical activity and reducing caloric intake. They will be provided with a Fitbit Zip and digital body weight scale for self-monitoring of physical activity and body weight, respectively.They will track caloric intake via the MyFitnessPal smartphone application. They will have access to a study website and attend weekly, in-person group counseling sessions. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Social support-enhanced | Participants will receive the same intervention components as the Standard group.Participants will also be provided with two extra Fitbit Zips and digital body weight scales to share with up to two persons in their social circle who will be invited to serve as their support partners. |
| DEVICE | Fitbit Zip | |
| DEVICE | Digital body weight scale |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-02-01
- Completion
- 2017-02-01
- First posted
- 2016-04-08
- Last updated
- 2018-09-18
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02731768. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.