Inpatient Obesity Intervention With Phone Follow-up

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

In this study we sought to determine whether inpatient weight loss counseling with post discharge phone follow-up would result in weight loss at six months. Secondary endpoints included weight change from baseline, changes in waist-to-hip ratios, assessment of weight perceptions and changes in patient reported health outcome measures. To our knowledge, this is the first randomized trial designed to evaluate the effects of an obesity intervention with post-discharge follow-up in an inpatient general medicine population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01920620

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

176

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults ages 18-65 years old
• Body mass index between 30-50 kg/m2
• Admitted to an internal medicine service

You may not qualify if…

• acute medical conditions known to affect weight (heart failure, cirrhosis, end-stage renal disease on dialysis, nephrotic syndrome, or pregnancy)
• Charlson comorbidity index >3
• moderate to severe major depression
• prolonged steroid use (>2 weeks)
• initiation of medications known to affect weight
• non-English speaking
• precontemplation stage of change

Where it is running

• Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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