HealthyMe Online Weight Management Education/HealthyMe at Home

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Diabetes

In brief

The main objective for this project is to identify effective methods of treating obesity in at-risk populations. The investigators will be comparing weight loss from usual care, in person, and video conference weight loss programs. The investigators will follow 210 participants for 12 months to see if they lose and maintain 2kg of weight. The investigators will also compare the costs of video conference versus in person administered programs. Potentially eligible participants will be identified based on data in the Regenstrief Medical Records System or by referral from the Wishard HealthyMe weight loss program staff or a Wishard Community Health Center (CHC) primary care provider. The PBRN staff will carry-out initial recruitment. Following consent, a baseline assessment will be performed and each participant will be randomized into one of three groups: usual care control, in person weight loss or online video conference weight loss. At 6 and 12 months a follow up assessment will be performed and compared to measures from the investigators baseline assessment. Total costs for each program will be compared as well. The weight loss interventions involve group meetings two times per week where education, exercise, and social support are provided. Participants will also receive a detailed education booklet. Those randomized to the in-person group will meet in the CHC and those in the video-conference group will meet online in a multi-party video-conference. All participants will receive usual CHC care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02057952

Run by

Indiana University

People needed

150

Starts

2012-04-01

Expected to finish

2018-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-05

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• One or more community health visits in the past 12 months
• Body mass index (BMI) of ≥30<50
• English Speaking
• Access to a telephone
• A residence
• Willingness to be randomized
• Willingness to have a computer installed in the home
• Weight loss referral from CHC provider

You may not qualify if…

• Current diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
• Current treatment for cancer
• Current diagnosis of psychosis or bipolar disorder
• Illness that might be associated with weight change, such as asthma, (because of treatment with corticosteroids), psychosis
• Use of medications that might cause weight gain or loss such as hypoglycemic oral medicines or insulin, corticosteroids, some anti-depressants, weight loss medications
• Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
• Receiving disability insurance
• Pregnant or nursing in the past six months, or plans to become so within 12 months
• Residence outside of Marion County, Indiana
• Residence relocation plans within 12 months
• Enrolled in weight loss program within past 6 months
• Meeting physical activity guidelines
• Planned or prior bariatric surgery
• Substance abuse
• History of treatment for eating disorder
• Unstable weight gain or loss of ≥5% in the last 3 months

Where it is running

• Indiana University School of Medicine — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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