Using the Hunt Motivational Scale to Aid in Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03530553

Enrollment

Registered

2018-05-21

Start date

2018-04-11

Completion date

2018-10-11

Last updated

2018-05-21

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Conditions

Weight Loss

Brief summary

In this study, we plan to determine the efficacy of the Hunt Motivational Scale as a tool for weight loss compared to standard of care in the Penn Medicine Princeton Health weight management program.

Detailed description

Obesity is rising at alarming rates, currently at nearly 40%. There are very few tools, specifically questionnaires, for healthcare providers to help their patients lose weight or maintain their weight loss. The Hunt Motivational Scale is one such tool to help patients identify areas that need improvement in order to aid in weight loss and weight maintenance. The HMS is designed to motivate patients to track, plan, and practice other healthy weight loss and weight maintenance practices so that they will have success. In this study, approximately 75 subjects in the Penn Medicine Princeton Health weight management program will be randomly assigned to either receive the HMS or not (standard of care). They will be followed for a period of six months at the end of which it will be determined whether the group that received the HMS lost more weight than the control group.

Interventions

OTHERHunt Motivational Scale

The Hunt Motivational Scale is a tool to help facilitate weight loss and motivate patients to track, plan, and practice healthy weight loss and weight maintenance practices.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

There are two arms in this study. One group will receive the HMS and the other will not and will receive standard of care.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patient in weight management program at Penn Medicine Princeton Health

Exclusion criteria

* does not have a visit every three to four weeks * not in active weight loss phase of the program * diminished intellectual capacity to complete questionnaire i.e. Down's syndrome

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Weight loss	Six months

Countries

United States

Contacts

Primary ContactRameck Hunt, MD

rahunt@princetonhcs.org908-930-8257

Outcome results

None listed

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