NCT04534088

A Virtual-reality Based Approach to Improve Behavioral Weight Management Outcomes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A pilot randomized trial was done to test the feasibility integrating virtual reality (VR) into standard behavioral weight loss treatment.

Detailed description

Participants with overweight or obesity are randomly assigned to a 4-week Standard Behavioral Weight Loss plus Non-Weight-Related VR app (i.e., Control Group) or Standard Behavioral Weight Loss plus Weight-Related VR app (i.e., Intervention Group). The Intervention's VR tool was designed to enable practice of behavioral skills taught in weekly group meetings, including managing social and home environmental cues for eating and activity.

Conditions

• Weight Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Standard Behavioral Weight Loss plus Non-Weight-Related VR app	Standard Behavioral Weight Loss Program
BEHAVIORAL	Standard Behavioral Weight Loss plus Weight-Related VR app	Standard Behavioral Weight Loss plus Weight-Related VR app

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-01
• Primary completion: 2019-04-01
• Completion: 2019-11-01
• First posted: 2020-09-01
• Last updated: 2020-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States