Small Changes a One Year Protocol for Weight Management

Study Protocol: Small Changes, a One-year Weight Management Intervention for Adults Who Are Overweight or Obese

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02453854

Enrollment

155

Registered

2015-05-27

Start date

2011-10-31

Completion date

2013-10-31

Last updated

2015-05-27

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Conditions

Obesity

Brief summary

A trial comparing Treatment as usual with Motivational Interviewing focussed treatment in the 'Small Changes' programme.

Detailed description

A quasi-experimental design. With one arm focussed on 'treatment as usual' and the other on Motivational Interviewing. Subjects were not randomly assigned but treated as two separate cohorts one Running October 2011-October 2012 using the Treatment as usual and a separate cohort running from October 2012 to October -2013 using motivational interviewing as the approach for treatment.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALGroup motivational interviewing

Monthly group meetings were held for two hour sessions each month and verifiable (treatment fidelity checked) motivational interviewing employed in helping clients make health behaviour changes.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Body Mass index equal to or greater than 30 kgm2

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
weight	1 year	Bodyweight in Kilograms

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026