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Smartphone-Based Health Coaching for Obesity

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Research Sponsored by Ohio State University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Age 17-25 years

Be younger than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline to 12 months

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Study Summary

This trial will test if a smartphone intervention can help black college students who are overweight or obese lose and maintain weight loss.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for Black community college students aged 18-25 who are overweight or obese, interested in losing weight through diet and exercise, and own a smartphone. They must be able to attend follow-up visits over a year. Pregnant individuals, those on other weight loss programs or medications affecting weight, with recent significant weight loss, eating disorders, or type I diabetes cannot join.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests if using smartphones and text messaging with health coaching can help young adults lose weight and keep it off at 6 and 12 months. It will also look into how well participants stick to self-monitoring their diet and physical activity.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention involves lifestyle changes guided by technology rather than medication, side effects may include the typical challenges of dieting such as hunger or fatigue from increased physical activity.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I am between 17 and 25 years old.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline to 12 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline to 12 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline to 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary outcome measures

Change in Body Weight

Change in Physical Activity-Active Minutes/Day

Change in Physical Activity-Steps/Day

+2 more

Secondary outcome measures

Change in Dietary Self-Efficacy Scale (Diet-SE)

Change in Self-Efficacy for Exercise Scale

Experiences of Discrimination Scale (EoD)

+5 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Health coach with Smartphone application for diet and physical activity

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

No intervention, using a Smartphone application for sleep monitoring

0 / 1Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Ohio State UniversityLead Sponsor

827 Previous Clinical Trials

502,495 Total Patients Enrolled

23 Trials studying Obesity

3,785 Patients Enrolled for Obesity

Media Library

Smartphone + Text Messaging with Health Coach Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04412954 — N/A

Obesity Research Study Groups: Control, Intervention

Obesity Clinical Trial 2023: Smartphone + Text Messaging with Health Coach Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04412954 — N/A

Smartphone + Text Messaging with Health Coach 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04412954 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there specific criteria that must be met in order to qualify for enrollment in this research endeavor?

"In order to be accepted into this study, potential participants must meet the criteria of being obese and between 17-25 years old. The total number of applicants enrolled in this experiment are 256."

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What are the ultimate aims of this research project?

"This clinical trial's primary outcome, which will be tracked from the baseline to 12 months, is assessing change in steps per day. Secondary objectives measure perceived emotional support using a 1-5 scale (1 indicating "never" and 5 implying "always"), adult patient health questionnaire scores on depression symptoms with lower scores signifying no/less depressive symptoms, and body image perception of both current physical self and ideal body shape via a 0-9 graphic range where 9 reflects higher levels of obesity or overweightness."

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Is the age limitation of this trial restricted to those under 30 or can it include individuals older than that?

"The eligibility criteria for this research requires that participants are between the age of 17 and 25."

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Is enrollment open for this clinical trial?

"As indicated on clinicaltrials.gov, this research project is presently recruiting volunteers and was first made available on December 5th 2020 with the most recent update occurring on September 19th 2022."

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How many volunteers are being considered for this trial?

"Correct. Information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov confirms that this medical research, which was first announced on December 5th 2020, is still recruiting patients. 256 participants must be enrolled from a single centre."

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