Effect of the New Technologies-based Education on the life style and Obesity of Employees

Development and Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Intervention Based on New Communication Technologies and the Social-Cognitive Theory on the Weight Control and Lifestyle of the Employees With Overweight and Obesity

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2014083118989N1

Enrollment

435

Registered

2016-01-02

Start date

2013-12-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Condition 1: Obesity. Condition 2: lifestyle. Obesity due to excess calories Problems related to lifestyle

Interventions

Intervention 1: Phone intervention: The intervention starts when the personal counsellor first calls the participant. The ”lifestyle programe” consists of 10 modules (lessons) that provide the partici

Behavior

Treatment - Drugs

Control group: The control group will be received general brochures about lifestyle and overweight although they do not receive the lifestyle program.

Phone intervention: The intervention starts when the personal counsellor first calls the participant. The ”lifestyle programe” consists of 10 modules (lessons) that provide the participants with inf

Internet intervention: A website is developed for the intervention,With unique username and password for each participants. The employee is asked to fill out some personal details for the counselor .T

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The most important inclusion criteria are: Body Mass Index(BMI)>25kg/m2; working for at least 8 hours per week; having computer and to be familiar with working with computer ; access to the telephone, cell phone, and the Internet, and familiarity with working with these technologies; and age above 18 years. The exclusion criteria are pregnancy; depression; and other disorders leading to physical inactivity

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Body Mass Index. Timepoint: basline.6 and 9 months after. Method of measurement: digital scale (kg) ,Tape(cm).;Lifestyle. Timepoint: basline.6 and 9 months after. Method of measurement: questionnaire.;Social -cognitive theory constructs. Timepoint: basline.6 and 9 months after. Method of measurement: Questionnaire.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Blood Pressure. Timepoint: Baseline,6 and9 months after intervention. Method of measurement: sphygmomanometer(mmHg).;Waist circumference. Timepoint: Baseline,6 and9 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Tape(cm).	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactJalal Abdi

Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical

j-abdi@razi.tums.ac.ir+98 81 3821 4519

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026