Study protocol for the 10 Top Tips (10TT) Trial: Randomised controlled trial of habit-based advice for weight control in general practice

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Jane Wardle¹  Stephen Morris¹  Rebecca J Beeken¹  Helen Croker¹  Irwin Nazareth²  Baptiste Leurent²  Rumana Omar³ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK;Department of Primary Care & Population Health, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK;Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK;

关键词: Obesity;    Primary care;    Weight control;    Habits;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-667

 received in 2012-07-20, accepted in 2012-08-09,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPrimary care is the first port of call for advice about weight control. There is hence a need for simple, effective interventions that can be delivered without specialist skills. We have developed such an intervention; the 10 Top Tips (10TT). This intervention was effective with respect to weight loss in a volunteer population, but has yet to be tested in primary care. The aim of this trial is therefore to test the effectiveness of the 10TT intervention in primary care, incorporating clinical outcomes and health economic analyses.Methods/DesignThe trial is a two-arm, individually-randomised, controlled trial in obese (BMI ≥ 30) adults (n = 520) in primary care, comparing weight loss in patients receiving the 10TT intervention with weight loss in a control group of patients receiving usual care. The intervention is based on habit formation theory, using written materials to take people through a set of simple weight control behaviours with strategies to make them habitual; an approach that could make it more successful than others in establishing long-term behaviour change. Patients will be recruited from 14 General Practices across England. Randomisation will be through telephoning a central randomisation service using a computer-generated list of random numbers. Patients are followed up at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months. The primary outcome is weight loss at 3 months, with assessment by a health professional who is blind to group allocation. Other follow-ups will be un-blinded. We will examine whether weight loss is maintained up to 24 months. We will also assess changes in the automaticity of the 10TT target behaviours and improvement in clinical markers for potential co-morbidities. Finally, we will undertake a full economic evaluation to establish cost-effectiveness in the NHS context.DiscussionIf proven to be effective when delivered through primary care, 10TT could make a highly cost-effective contribution to improvements in population health.Trial RegistrationISRCTN16347068

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