Online Resources to Manage Obesity and Health Risks in an Employee Wellness Program

Vanderbilt University12 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether different types of online health tools can aid overweight individuals in reducing their weight and managing their cardiovascular risk factors in the context of an employee wellness program.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Obesity

Interventions

Goal-Setting ToolOTHER

Access to an online health-related goal-setting tool through the MyHealthAtVanderbilt patient portal

Health Web SitesOTHER

Access to publicly available health-related web sites

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Vanderbilt University employee * Completion of the 2009 Go For the Gold Health Risk Assessment (HRA) * Obesity defined by BMI \> 30 * Identification of an additional risk factor on the HRA by either (a) a personal history of diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol or (b) a reported cholesterol \>= 240 mg/dl, blood glucose \>= 126 mg/dl, a systolic blood pressure \>= 140 mm Hg, or a diastolic blood pressure \>= 90 mm Hg * Permission to be contacted regarding health on the HRA Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant females and those who become pregnant prior to completion of the study * Age younger than 18 years or older than 65 years * Non English speaking individuals

Locations (1)

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in body mass index

Time frame: At enrollment and at 6 months

Change in excess body weight

Time frame: At enrollment and at 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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