NCT04177784

Web Based Intervention to Reduce Weight Bias Among Dietitians

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 166 (actual)
• Sponsor: Texas Tech University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Weight bias in dietitians is prevalent and may affect patient care. The investigators conducted a randomized controlled trial to test if explicit and implicit bias could be influenced by a short, 20 minute educational video.

Detailed description

This randomized controlled trial studied the effect of three different videos on weight bias in a nationally representative sample of dietitians. The "intervention" group (I) watched a video about the etiology of obesity, reasons for weight regain, and how to talk to patients about weight. The first "control" group (C1) received information about the role of the environment and individual behavior in weight gain, and tools to help patients control their weight. The second control group (C2) received a weight neutral video about the role of dieticians in society. Bias measures were taken before and just after watching the video, and again one month later.

Conditions

• Intervention Video (I)
• Weight Control Video (C1)
• Weight Neutral Control Video (C2)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Online Educational Videos	The videos were developed by the researchers based on a prior study to test if specific information about obesity and weight control influence weight bias.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-08-08
• Completion: 2019-08-08
• First posted: 2019-11-26
• Last updated: 2020-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States