Coached or Non-Coached Weight Loss Intervention
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
To evaluate the effect of one-on-one coaching in the Noom Healthy Weight Program, a digital behavior change, weight loss intervention, compared to the same program with no coaching, as well as influential factors.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Coached
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Behavioral: Noom Healthy Weight; mobile behavior change program for weight loss with 1:1 coaching
The intervention consists of a curriculum, provided through daily articles that users are encouraged to read; logging features for weight, meals, and physical activity; in-app groups; and a virtual coach, who will communicate with participants via in-app messaging. During the first week of the study, participants will be introduced to the program, the Noom app, and their coach.
Coaches will use a secure dashboard to monitor patient progress, which is used to increase engagement and motivation. Participants are encouraged to log their weight and physical activity on a weekly basis, and meals daily.
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Active Comparator: No Coach
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Behavioral: Noom Healthy Weight; mobile behavior change program for weight loss
The intervention consists of a curriculum, provided through daily articles that users are encouraged to read; logging features for weight, meals, and physical activity. During the first week of the study, participants will be introduced to the program, and the Noom app.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Weight [4 months]
Self reported
- Self reported in app engagement measures [4 months]
self reported and automatically logged
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Quality of Life Via SF-12 [4 months]
Self-reported outcome measure assessing the impact of health on an individual's everyday life. It is often used as a quality of life measure
- Eating Behavior via the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire [4 months]
The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) assesses the structure of an individual's eating behavior. the DEBQ contains separate scales for emotional, external, and restrained eating behavior.
- Resilience via Devereux Adult Resilience Survey [4 months]
Provides insights into personal strengths
- Self Efficacy via General Self-Efficacy Scale [4 months]
The scale was created to assess a general sense of perceived self-efficacy with the aim in mind to predict coping with daily hassles as well as adaptation after experiencing all kinds of stressful life events.
- Linguistic Features via Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) [16 weeks]
LIWC-derived linguistic analysis of emotional tone taken from from expressively written text following a writing task prompt
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Able to understand and provide informed consent
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18-65 years old
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Self-report of good health (physical and mental)
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Not diagnosed with diabetes
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Overweight or obesity (BMI ≥ 27)
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Able to meet our criteria of adherence to the program (at least 1 engagement per week on one of the following: logged exercise, logged meals, steps, weigh-ins, coach messages, read articles, and days with at least one weigh-in.) For females
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Not 6 months postpartum
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Not planning to become pregnant in the next 5 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Inability or unwillingness of a participant to give written informed consent
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Currently pregnant or ≤ 6 months postpartum
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Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the Investigator would compromise the quality of the data E.g., evidence of an eating disorder, major chronic condition
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Noom, Inc | New York | New York | United States | 10001 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Noom Inc.
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 00046922