Development and Feasibility of Psycho-Educational Weight Reduction Program for Young Adults

Sponsor

Health Education Research Foundation (HERF) (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT06081023

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

4.8

Actual Duration (Months)

2.9

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The main aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of psycho-educational weight reduction program for reducing emotional eating and obesity

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Emotional Eating Obesity	Behavioral: Psycho-educational weight reduction program	N/A

Detailed Description

All participants who provide written informed consent will go through a screening process to evaluate their eligibility for study entrance after being briefed about the study and any potential risks. Individuals who met the eligibility requirements will then be randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

14 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Crossover Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

Two groups i-e control and experimental. The experimental group was provided with treatment while the control group was only provided with behavioral relaxing techniques.Two groups i-e control and experimental. The experimental group was provided with treatment while the control group was only provided with behavioral relaxing techniques.

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Screening

Official Title:

Development and Feasibility of Psycho-Educational Weight Reduction Program for Young Adults

Actual Study Start Date :

Mar 5, 2022

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Apr 29, 2022

Actual Study Completion Date :

Jul 29, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: Progressive Muscle Relaxation This arm was provided with only a relaxing behavioral technique
Experimental: Psycho-educational weight reduction program This arm was provided with treatment of reducing emotional eating and obesity level	Behavioral: Psycho-educational weight reduction program This program provides behavioral technique in order to minimize level of emotional eating and level of obesity

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

No Intervention: Progressive Muscle Relaxation

This arm was provided with only a relaxing behavioral technique

Experimental: Psycho-educational weight reduction program

This arm was provided with treatment of reducing emotional eating and obesity level

Behavioral: Psycho-educational weight reduction program

This program provides behavioral technique in order to minimize level of emotional eating and level of obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Change from Baseline in Emotional Eating on Emotional Eating Scale (EES-25) after 12 weeks [Baseline and Week 12]
The EES-25 is a validated self-report scale assessing the level of emotional eating. Possible scores range from 25 (No desire to eat) to 125 (an overwhelming urge to eat) Change=week 12 score-baseline score

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

19 Years to 35 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Individuals must be enrolled at a university.
Based on World Health Organizations age range young adults were selected for the current study i-e 19 years to 35 years (WHO; 2019).

Exclusion Criteria:

The young adults who diagnosed with any chronic health concern, either psychological or physical must not be included in the current study.
The individuals who joined any kind of weight loss program or gym were also not included in the study.
Individuals older than 35 were not included in the current study either.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Nimra Anjum	Rawalpindi	Punjab	Pakistan	46000

Sponsors and Collaborators

Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT06081023

Other Study ID Numbers:

2020(fall).MPhil(Psy)-009

First Posted:

Oct 12, 2023

Last Update Posted:

Oct 12, 2023

Last Verified:

Oct 1, 2023

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Yes

Plan to Share IPD:

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)

Psycho-educational weight reduction program

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Weight Loss

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 12, 2023