Small Changes a One Year Protocol for Weight Management

Small Changes155 enrolled

Overview

A trial comparing Treatment as usual with Motivational Interviewing focussed treatment in the 'Small Changes' programme.

A quasi-experimental design. With one arm focussed on 'treatment as usual' and the other on Motivational Interviewing. Subjects were not randomly assigned but treated as two separate cohorts one Running October 2011-October 2012 using the Treatment as usual and a separate cohort running from October 2012 to October -2013 using motivational interviewing as the approach for treatment.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

155

Conditions

Obesity

Interventions

Group motivational interviewingBEHAVIORAL

Monthly group meetings were held for two hour sessions each month and verifiable (treatment fidelity checked) motivational interviewing employed in helping clients make health behaviour changes.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Body Mass index equal to or greater than 30 kgm2

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

weight

Bodyweight in Kilograms

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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