Geisinger Education Intervention Study in Obesity Protocol

Completed

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

Overweight and obesity has become an epidemic which warrants more aggressive treatment. However, few primary care physicians (PCPs) address this issue or do not possess adequate education regarding treatment modalities such as nutrition counseling or bariatric surgery. The primary goal of this study will be to determine whether the referrals for weight management can be influenced through obesity education.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01160146

Run by

Geisinger Clinic

People needed

289

Starts

2011-08-01

Expected to finish

2015-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-08-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Geisinger General Internal and Family Medicine PCPs (include physician, physical assistants and CRNP):
• PCP must be active between May 2008 - May 2009
• Average patient age between 30-60 (no individual patients will be identified using personal identification)
• Minimum of 100 patients assigned to PC

You may not qualify if…

• PCPs from clinics/departments other than General Internal Medicine or Family Medicine will be excluded from the analysis

Where it is running

• Geisinger Health System — Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

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