Contingency Management to Promote Weight Loss in Low Income Adults
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Overweight
In brief
This study is designed to evaluate the feasibility and provide preliminary evidence for efficacy of a 12-week contingency management intervention to promote weight loss in overweight and obese low income adults in a community-based clinic. The study has three primary goals: (a) to determine if the contingency management treatment can be effectively applied to a new application, weight loss; (b) to obtain preliminary evidence for contingency management's efficacy in promoting weight loss and improving treatment retention, diet quality, physical activity levels, and self efficacy; and (c) to identify barriers and challenges to implementing contingency management for weight loss among low income patients.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00875199
- Run by
- UConn Health
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2009-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-11-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- age between 18 and 55 years
- body mass index in kg/m2 (BMI) between 25 and 39.9
- resting blood pressure between 90/60 and 140/90
- ability to speak English and read at the 6th grade level
- willingness to be randomly assigned to one of two groups
You may not qualify if…
- any serious acute or chronic medical problems that may impact dietary or exercise regimens
- psychiatric conditions
Where it is running
- University of Connecticut Health Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States
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