NCT02868853

Self-Monitoring Assessment in Real Time

Self-Monitoring Assessment in Real Time: 2-SMART

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to test the effectiveness of two different methods of mobile dietary self-monitoring for weight loss. Both of these interventions will provide weight loss information through twice weekly audio podcasts. In addition to the podcasts, participants will be asked to track their diet using an assigned mobile applications (for their smartphone), which will be randomly assigned.

Detailed description

This study will include an intensive phase for 6 weeks and a follow-up phase that will occur through the final 6 months of the study. Participants will attend one 1-hour orientation meeting at the beginning of the study and a 2-hour baseline assessment and training meeting. A final assessment will be conducted at the end of 6 weeks with a follow-up assessment at 6 months. Everyone in the study will be asked to listen to 2 podcasts per week. Each of the podcasts will take about 15-20 minutes to listen to and so participants should expect to spend 30-40 minutes each week listening to podcasts. Participants also will be randomized to track diet with one of the two mobile dietary tracking applications that will be used in the study. Participants will be encouraged to monitor their exercise and body weight.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Photo App	Use of a mobile photo app that takes pictures of foods consumed and allows users to share these pictures with other members of the study in order to receive feedback.
BEHAVIORAL	Diet App	Use of a mobile diet app that allows users to track all foods and beverages consumed in order to calculate the calories consumed each day.
BEHAVIORAL	Podcasts	Listen to 2 podcasts per week about healthy eating and exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2017-05-01
• Completion: 2017-05-01
• First posted: 2016-08-16
• Last updated: 2019-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States