NCT02752464

Behavioral CVD Prevention Using Informatics

Behavioral Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Using Informatics

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 105 (actual)
• Sponsor: Boston Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Overweight/obesity is strongly linked to mortality from multiple chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity-related cancers.The successful management of overweight/obesity requires management of nutrition and physical activity over time. For racial/ethnic minority and low-income populations, who face both higher prevalence of obesity and chronic diseases compared to others, interventions promoting behavioral change are a national health priority. From the available range of behavioral change intervention strategies, there is a growing knowledge base that documents the efficacy of peer support interventions for improving self-care, quality of life, and behavioral change. In this study, the investigators will examine the following research question: What is the preliminary efficacy and degree of implementation and acceptability of an intervention approach in which peer counselors provide evidenced-based counseling about nutrition and physical activity behaviors for weight management to public housing residents using a computer-assisted program called CuesWeight?

Conditions

• Health Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Counseling	Up to 12 sessions of behavioral counseling using motivational interviewing techniques focused on diet and physical activity behaviors over a 12 week period. Counselors will be guided in their sessions by a computer program called CuesWeight. Participants also receive text messages to enable participants to track their behaviors; this information is relayed to the counselors to inform the counseling sessions.
BEHAVIORAL	feedback report	All participants receive a brief printed feedback report displaying their current levels of nutrition and physical activity behaviors and tips for meeting recommended guidelines.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-14
• Primary completion: 2018-06-01
• Completion: 2018-06-01
• First posted: 2016-04-27
• Last updated: 2018-07-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States