Obesity, Overweight
Conditions
Keywords
overweight, obesity, motivational intervention
Brief summary
The overall goal of IMOAP study is to assess whether the efficacy of the healthcare professionals' usual practices, together with a motivational group intervention (delivered by a nurse trained by an expert psychologist), is more effective than an isolated traditional intervention on weight loss and its maintenance in overweight and obese patients. Furthermore, the study will evaluate whether this result has a positive impact on quality of life, changes in eating habits, and a reduction in the associated cardiovascular risk factors and overall cardiovascular risk.
Detailed description
The global mortality caused by cardiovascular disease increases with weight. The Framingham study showed that obesity is a cardiovascular risk factor independent of other risks such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and smoking. Moreover, the main problem in the management of weight-loss is its maintenance, if it is achieved. We have designed a study in two geographically separated groups, one of which would receive the group motivational intervention, and the other one would receive the usual follow up.
Interventions
Group motivational intervention consist in expert psychologist 32 monthly sessions (group intervention) on top of the diet plus exercise
Sponsors
Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Overweight (BMI\>25) and obese (BMI\>30) patients of both sexes, registered in the medical history (MH) or newly diagnosed. 2. Aged between 30 and 70 years 3. Agreement to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
1. Patients with severe clinical pathology (bedridden, dementia, advanced neoplasia, etc.) 2. Patients with secondary obesity (hypothyroidism, Cushing's disease, etc) 3. Patients with severe sensorial disorders capable of interfering with the motivational intervention (severe, uncorrected deafness, severe visual deficit, etc). 4. Patients with serious psychiatric disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determine whether a group motivational intervention, is more efficient than the latter in the treatment of overweight and obesity, for initial weight loss and essentially to achieve sustained normalisation of the weight achieved. | 26 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Observe whether this intervention is more effective for reducing cardiovascular risk factors associated to overweight and obesity, and in the overall cardiovascular risk in these patients. | 26 months |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
Primary ContactJuan Jose Rodriguez-Cristóbal, Dr
Outcome results
None listed