Investigating the Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in Overweight People

The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on lifestyle, Quality of life, Psychosomatic and Psychological Symptoms and Body mass index in Overweight People

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20230102057022N1

Enrollment

Registered

2023-01-12

Start date

2023-02-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-02-07

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Conditions

Overweight. Obesity, unspecified

Interventions

intervention group: The intervention group in this study receives 10 sessions of the ACT treatment protocol for overweight. Generally, clients come to the treatment room with the purpose of emotional

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

20 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 20-65 years BMI>25 Willingness to Participate in Treatment Sessions and Complete the Informed Consent form Having at Least a High School Diploma

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: History of Receiving Psychiatric Medication or Psychotherapy in the Last 6 Months Having a Medical Disease Justifying Obesity and Major Psychiatric Disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
In the study of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-based Therapy (ACT) on People overweight, the primary Outcome Variable, the Weight of People in Body mass index is more than 25. Timepoint: The Time Periods of Measuring Lifestyle, Quality of life Psychophysical and Psychological Symptoms, Body mass index are at the Beginning of the Study (before the start of the intervention) and after the end of the Intervention, and 2 Months after the end of the Intervention. Method of measurement: In the study of the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on overweight people, the way to measure the outcome variable of people's score in the body mass index, which is used to measure weight (with minimal clothing) from a digital scale and to measure Height (without shoes) will be used from a standard tape measure installed on the wall.	—

Measure

Time frame

In the study of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-based Therapy (ACT) on People overweight, the primary Outcome Variable, the Weight of People in Body mass index is more than 25. Timepoint: The Time Periods of Measuring Lifestyle, Quality of life Psychophysical and Psychological Symptoms, Body mass index are at the Beginning of the Study (before the start of the intervention) and after the end of the Intervention, and 2 Months after the end of the Intervention. Method of measurement: In the study of the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on overweight people, the way to measure the outcome variable of people's score in the body mass index, which is used to measure weight (with minimal clothing) from a digital scale and to measure Height (without shoes) will be used from a standard tape measure installed on the wall.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
In the study of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Overweight, the Primary Outcome Variable, the Score of the Quality of life Variable in the Quality of life Questionnaire is less than 12. Timepoint: The periods for Measuring the Quality of life variable are at the beginning of the study (before the intervention), after the end of the intervention, and 2 Months after the end of the Intervention. Method of measurement: In the study of the Effectiveness of the treatment based on Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) for weight gain, the way to Measure the Second Variable of the Quality of life is the Score of People in the short Questionnaire of 12 questions SF12.;In the study of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based treatment (ACT) on excess weight as a secondary outcome variable, the score of the lifestyle variable in the lifestyle questionnaire is related to weight, the range of scores of which ranges from 0 to a maximum of 80. Timepoint: The periods for Measuring the Quality of life variable are at the beginning of the study (before the intervention), after the end of the intervention, and 2 Months after the end of the Intervention. Method of measurement: In the study of the effectiveness of the treatment based on acceptance and commitment (ACT) for weight gain, the way of measuring the secondary variable of lifestyle is the score of people in the lifestyle questionnaire related to the weight of WEL.	—

Measure

Time frame

In the study of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Overweight, the Primary Outcome Variable, the Score of the Quality of life Variable in the Quality of life Questionnaire is less than 12. Timepoint: The periods for Measuring the Quality of life variable are at the beginning of the study (before the intervention), after the end of the intervention, and 2 Months after the end of the Intervention. Method of measurement: In the study of the Effectiveness of the treatment based on Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) for weight gain, the way to Measure the Second Variable of the Quality of life is the Score of People in the short Questionnaire of 12 questions SF12.;In the study of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based treatment (ACT) on excess weight as a secondary outcome variable, the score of the lifestyle variable in the lifestyle questionnaire is related to weight, the range of scores of which ranges from 0 to a maximum of 80. Timepoint: The periods for Measuring the Quality of life variable are at the beginning of the study (before the intervention), after the end of the intervention, and 2 Months after the end of the Intervention. Method of measurement: In the study of the effectiveness of the treatment based on acceptance and commitment (ACT) for weight gain, the way of measuring the secondary variable of lifestyle is the score of people in the lifestyle questionnaire related to the weight of WEL.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAmrollah Ebrahimi

Esfahan University of Medical Sciences

a_ebrahimi@MEd.mui.ac.ir+98 31 3668 0048

Outcome results

None listed

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