Development and Feasibility of Psycho-Educational Weight Reduction Program for Young Adults

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06081023

Enrollment

Registered

2023-10-12

Start date

2022-03-05

Completion date

2022-07-29

Last updated

2023-10-12

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Conditions

Emotional Eating, Obesity

Keywords

Psycho-educational weight reduction program

Brief summary

The main aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of psycho-educational weight reduction program for reducing emotional eating and obesity

Detailed description

All participants who provide written informed consent will go through a screening process to evaluate their eligibility for study entrance after being briefed about the study and any potential risks. Individuals who met the eligibility requirements will then be randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPsycho-educational weight reduction program

This program provides behavioral technique in order to minimize level of emotional eating and level of obesity

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

SCREENING

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Intervention model description

Two groups i-e control and experimental. The experimental group was provided with treatment while the control group was only provided with behavioral relaxing techniques.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

19 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Individuals must be enrolled at a university. * Based on World Health Organizations age range young adults were selected for the current study i-e 19 years to 35 years (WHO; 2019).

Exclusion criteria

* The young adults who diagnosed with any chronic health concern, either psychological or physical must not be included in the current study. * The individuals who joined any kind of weight loss program or gym were also not included in the study. * Individuals older than 35 were not included in the current study either.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change from Baseline in Emotional Eating on Emotional Eating Scale (EES-25) after 12 weeks	Baseline and Week 12	The EES-25 is a validated self-report scale assessing the level of emotional eating. Possible scores range from 25 (No desire to eat) to 125 (an overwhelming urge to eat) Change=week 12 score-baseline score

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

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