THE EFFICIENCY OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED MOTIVATION EDUCATION ON OBESITY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' WEIGHT MANAGEMENT.

NCT05301166 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: TBMEP-MAST-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 84
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of technology-based motivation education prepared according to the health belief model on obesity-related beliefs and attitudes, nutrition-exercise behaviors, self-efficacy and weight management in obese university students.

Conditions

Overweight and Obesity

Keywords

Obesity; Motivational Interviewing; Health Belief Model; Nursing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Obesity Health Belief Model Scale

  The scale assesses individuals' beliefs and attitudes towards weight loss. It consists of 32 items in total. The scale has five sub-dimensions that can be used independently of each other: importance of health, sensitivity, seriousness, perception of benefit and disability. The cronbach alpha coefficient of the scale is 0.80.

  4 Months

• Nutrition-Exercise Behavior Scale

  The scale was developed to identify feeding-related behaviors. It consists of 45 items. The scale has four sub-dimensions: psychological (addicted) eating behavior, healthy diet-exercise behavior, unhealthy diet-exercise behavior, and meal order. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale is 0.85.

  4 Months

• Self-Effectiveness-Efficacy Scale

  The scale measures the perception of general self-efficacy-effectiveness that is not specific to any field. The scale consists of 23 items. The scale has four sub-dimensions: initiating the behavior, maintaining the behavior, completing the behavior and struggling with obstacles. The cronbach alpha coefficient of the Turkish version of the scale is 0.81.

  4 Months

Study Arms (2)

Interventional Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group of the RCT consisted of 42 randomly selected students with a Body Mass Index (BMI) score of 25 and above, who were evaluated by inclusion and exclusion criteria. Students in the intervention group will participate in the Technology-Based Motivation Education Program. This program will last 4 months. * Students in the intervention group will conduct semi-structured individual motivational interviews, consisting of 6 sessions in total, prepared according to the components of the Health Belief Model. * Students in the intervention group will access the web-based education and motivation program that supports motivational interviews by logging into the website prepared for the study.

Behavioral: Technology Based Motivation Education Program

Control Group

OTHER

The intervention group of the RCT consisted of 42 randomly selected students with a Body Mass Index (BMI) score of 25 and above, who were evaluated by inclusion and exclusion criteria. * Students in the control group will only participate in the web-based education of the Technology-Based Motivation Education Program prepared according to the Health Belief Model for obesity. * Students in the control group will be given face-to-face or online interviews once a month for 4 months, lasting 10-15 minutes, in accordance with the web-based education content.

Other: Web Based Education

Interventions

Technology Based Motivation Education Program BEHAVIORAL

Technology-Based Motivation Education Program consists of web-based education, motivation program and individual motivation interviews. This program will be prepared according to the Health Belief Model (HBM). It will be applied for 4 months. Participants will take a pre-test before starting the program and a post-test at the end of the program. Individual motivation interviews will be 6 sessions in total. A website will be prepared for the Technology Based Motivation Education Program. This website consists of two parts, a web-based education and motivation program for obesity. The motivation program will enable the participant to follow the program and receive motivational messages.

Interventional Group

Web Based Education OTHER

Students in the control group will participate in web-based educations on obesity prepared only according to the Health Belief Model in the Technology-Based Motivation Education Program. Individual interviews supporting web-based education will be held with the control group once a month.

Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• age range
• Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 25.0,
• Having internet access with a computer, tablet or mobile device.

You may not qualify if:

• Under 18 years old or over 25 years old,
• BMI \< 25.0,
• Continuously using regular medication,
• Presence of a pre-existing health problem (having a surgical operation in the last three months, having diseases with metabolic syndrome, being diagnosed with cancer, being diagnosed with an eating disorder, being diagnosed with a psychological illness, and being physically disabled),
• Participating in any weight management program in the last three months,
• Pregnancy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cumhuriyet University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sivas Cumhuriyet University

Sivas, 58000, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Overweight; Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Nuran GÜLER, Prof. Dr.

  Cumhuriyet University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Muhammed Akif Sami TOKER, PhD

CONTACT

+90 531 375 0314; akiftoker@cumhuriyet.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: In the randomized controlled study, blinding will be done in terms of statistician and reporting. The data regarding the pre-test and post-tests will be collected by another researcher who does not know who is in the experimental and control group, and the research data will be coded and transferred to the computer environment by another researcher without specifying the experimental and control groups. The analysis of the data coded in terms of groups will be done by a statistics expert. After the statistical analyzes are made and the research report is written, the assistant researcher will explain the coding for the experimental and control groups. In this way, a single blinding application was planned for the researcher.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: Quasi-experimental pretest-posttest randomized controlled trial.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 19, 2022
• First Posted: March 29, 2022
• Study Start: February 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: July 15, 2022
• Study Completion: June 30, 2023
• Last Updated: March 29, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-03

Locations

TU (1)