Partnership Optimizes Weight Management in Primary Care
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 21 - 75 |
| Updated: | 5/16/2018 |
| Start Date: | January 2017 |
| End Date: | March 2021 |
| Contact: | Janice Phillips |
| Email: | jmphillips@uabmc.edu |
| Phone: | 205-975-7914 |
Primary Care Obesity Management in the Southeast_PROMISE
The purpose of this study is to examine whether a primary care weight management intervention
delivered by peer coaches produces greater weight loss than a self-directed program without
peer coach support.
delivered by peer coaches produces greater weight loss than a self-directed program without
peer coach support.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 21-75 years
- Body mass index (BMI) 30-50 kg/m2
- Receiving primary care services at one of the practices participating in this study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Uncontrolled hypertension (blood pressure >160/100 mm Hg at screening)
- Any of the following other medical conditions: myocardial infarction or
cerebrovascular accident within the last six months; unstable angina within the past
six months; NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure; type 1 diabetes; cancer
requiring treatment in past five years (exception: non-melanoma skin cancer); and
chronic lung diseases that limit physical activity
- Current use of any of the following medications: antipsychotic agents, monoamine
oxidase inhibitors, systemic corticosteroids, or chemotherapeutic drugs; prescription
weight loss medications (past six months)
- Unwilling or unable to do any of the following: give informed consent; read/understand
English; accept random assignment; travel to the intervention site
- Likely to relocate out of the area in the next 2 years
- Participation in another randomized research project
- Weight loss > 10 pounds in past six months
- History of bariatric surgery
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