NCT03025217

Total Lifestyle Coaching Pilot Study (TLC)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators aim to develop, pilot and evaluate a new "Total Lifestyle Coaching" (TLC) program, that will address both information and behavior-change aspects of nutrition education for patients whose body mass index (BMI) exceeds 25.

Detailed description

This is a single-arm pilot study of patients at the Revere Healthcare Center with a BMI greater than 25. The intervention consists of a single in-person assessment with a dietician followed by telephone coaching sessions addressing nutrition, sleep, stress-reduction skills, and physical activity over the course of 6 months. Study team assessed anthropomorphic, demographic, and behavioral measures prior to the initial dietician assessment and at study completion (6 months following enrollment). Semi-structured exit interviews assessing participants' experiences in the program were also conducted following program completion.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Weight Loss
• Telemedicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Total Lifestyle Coaching (TLC)

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-08-01
• Completion: 2016-11-01
• First posted: 2017-01-19
• Last updated: 2019-02-20
• Results posted: 2019-02-20