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Trial reportBMC public health2017

Project TEAMS (Talking about Eating, Activity, and Mutual Support): a randomized controlled trial of a theory-based weight loss program for couples.

Amy A Gorin, Theodore A Powers, Katelyn Gettens, Talea Cornelius, Richard Koestner, Amy R Mobley, Linda Pescatello, Tania Huedo Medina

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02570009 (Weight Loss for Couples), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.

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2 · The registry

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NCT02570009 nacompletednot on this map

Weight Loss for Couples

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ConnecticutRan2015 to 2018Enrolled128ConditionsOverweight, ObesityArmsTEAMS (Talking about Eating, Activity, Mutual Support), Need Support Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Autonomy support in a couples weight loss trial: Helping yourself while helping others.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2022
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  3. A randomized controlled trial of a theory-based weight-loss program for couples.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2020
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  4. Motivating Weight Loss Among Black Adults in Relationships: Recommendations for Weight Loss Interventions.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2023
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  5. Dyadic Disruption Theory.Social and personality psychology compass · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Amy A GorinDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA. amy.gorin@uconn.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1033-7163
Theodore A PowersDepartment of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, USA.
Katelyn GettensDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
Talea CorneliusColumbia University Medical Center, 622 W 168th St PH9-319, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Richard KoestnerDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
Amy R MobleyDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.
Linda PescatelloDepartment of Kinesiology, Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 02669, USA.
Tania Huedo MedinaDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA.

Funding

Test of a theory-based weight loss program for couples: Project TEAMSR21HL125157 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI GORIN, AMY A · 2015 to 2016
$433k
NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL125157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundObesity risk is shared between spouses, yet existing weight loss programs focus on individuals and not the marital dyad. Given the interdependence of weight in couples, weight management outcomes might be improved by targeting joint weight loss and the creation of an interpersonal milieu that supports long-term behavior change. According to Self-Determination Theory (SDT), greater autonomous self-regulation of behaviors, and subsequently better treatment outcomes, are observed in needs supportive environments in which personally meaningful choice is supported and criticism and control are minimized. Correlational analyses confirm these pathways in weight management, with needs support from one's spouse or partner emerging as a distinct predictor of weight loss success. Research is now needed to establish causal links and to develop and test weight loss interventions designed to facilitate the needs supportive behavior of spouses.

methodsProject TEAMS (Talking about Eating, Activity, and Mutual Support) is a randomized controlled trial testing a couples-based intervention, grounded in SDT, designed to change the social context of weight loss by training spouses to provide needs support for each other's eating and physical activity behavior. Sixty-four couples will be randomized to either 6 months of behavioral weight loss treatment informed by SDT (SDT-WL) or to 6 months of standard behavioral weight loss treatment (BWL). Couples will attend weekly sessions for 6 months and will be assessed at 0, 3, 6, and 12 months. By bolstering needs support, SDT-WL is predicted to increase autonomous self-regulation and perceived competence and produce greater weight loss and maintenance than standard behavioral treatment. Exploratory analyses will examine the SDT process model prediction that the influence of needs support on treatment outcomes will be mediated by autonomous self-regulation and perceived competence. DISCUSSION: This study addresses the fundamental importance of interpersonal support in weight management by focusing on couples rather than individuals and using a rich theoretical framework to train spouses in supportive behaviors.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov ; NCT02570009 .

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CommunicationInterpersonal RelationsAdolescentAdultAgedBehavior TherapyEatingExerciseFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityPersonal AutonomyPsychological TheoryCouplesDyadic weight managementHome environmentSelf-Determination TheorySocial support

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PMID28962602
PMCPMC5622424

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