Clinical trial
Puerto Rican Obesity Intervention for Men
Opening soon · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT06440551
What this study is about
The goal of this clinical trial is to address the high rates of overweight/obesity in Puerto Rican (PR) men. The main question it aims to answer is whether virtual culturally relevant classes supporting physical activity and healthy eating for Puerto Rican men at different levels of acculturation to the US culture, will help these men achieve clinically meaningful weight loss. The purpose of this project is to assess whether a virtual intervention tailored for Puerto Rican men that includes information about healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior is feasible and acceptable compared to a general health (GH) intervention. It is also to determine whether this intervention leads to healthier eating, increased physical activity, less sedentary behavior (low activity), and clinically meaningful weight loss. Hypothesis 1: Test the feasibility (recruitment, retention, adherence, fidelity) and acceptability (treatment components, intervention leaders, telehealth modality, technology and equipment, intervention satisfaction, satisfaction with randomized study, and measures) of a randomized 4-month synchronous telehealth lifestyle intervention led by a community health promoter and behavioral health specialist, who will receive either: TeleSalud HE-PA/SB" or TeleSalud GH in 48 PR men. Hypothesis 2: Demonstrate proof -of-concept by achieving a clinically significant weight reduction of ≥ 5% of baseline weight in the TeleSalud HE-PA/SB intervention after 4 months and at the end of the 4-month maintenance compared to the TeleSalud General Health intervention. Researchers will compare this to a group that will receive information about general health topics - not healthy eating or physical activity. * Participants in both groups will meet via virtually for 4 months (twice per week for 3 months and once per week for 1 month). * Participants will then meet one per month for a maintenance session for the next 4 months.
Basic eligibility
Full registry criteria
Treatments and study arms
TeleSalud Healthy Eating- Physical Activity/Sedentary Behavior (HE-PA/SB)
Participants will meet via telehealth for 4 months (twice a week for 3 months and then once per week for 1 month) for a TeleSalud HE-PA/SB Class, after which they will attend one maintenance meeting per month for 4 months. Weekly, Day 1 (Healthy Eating \& PA-SB Class): Participants will receive a 50-min. healthy eating class. Physical Activity- Sedentary Behavior (PA-SB) Class: By discussing barriers and strategies to overcome barriers, this will help to increase self-efficacy. We will engage in Latino-centered moderate impact (increasing to vigorous) aerobics with Latino or salsa movements and music for 45-50 minutes. Aspects of kickboxing aerobics will be integrated. Goal: Exercise a minimum of 150-250 min./ week of moderate intensity. Weekly, Day 2: PA-SB identical PA-SB to Day 1. Maintenance (Months 5-8): Meetings once/ month for 70 min. for HE/PA-SB class, including 25 min. to discuss diet and PA-SB barriers. Goal: Exercise a minimum of 150-250 min./week.
TeleSalud General Health Intervention
Weekly: Participants will meet via telehealth for 4 months (twice a week for 3 months and then once per week for 1 month) for a TeleSalud General Heath Class, after which they will attend one maintenance meeting per month for 4 months. Participants will meet and discuss general health topics (not diet or PA). Examples of the general health topics are: Back Pain, Muscle Strains, Alcohol Use, Stress \& Coping, Oral and Dental Health, Safety Tips, Emergency Preparedness. The content is relevant to Latinos, and information is focused on Latino men. Maintenance (Months 5-8): Participants will meet via telehealth once/ month for 70 min. to discuss general health topics. To enhance motivation to complete the study and assessments, this group will receive a copy of the TeleSalud HE-PA/SB intervention manual and related materials after the maintenance period ends.
Primary outcomes
Delivery will be measured by an adherence checklist. It will monitor consistency and accuracy in the delivery of the intervention.
Receipt will be measured by participants' self-reports of understanding and knowledge acquisition of content for both groups.
Enactment will be measured by participants' self-report of changes in behavior based on targets of treatment (e.g., Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior, General Health.)
Perceived helpfulness/ effectiveness of various treatment components (12 questions, on a 5- point Likert scale: not at all to extremely effective) will be assessed. The average of the treatment component questions will be used as the overall dependent measure of the acceptability of the treatment components.
Perceived helpfulness/ effectiveness of the intervention leaders (6 questions, on a 5-point Likert scale: not at alll to extremely helpful) will be assessed. The average of the questions will be used as the overall dependent measures of the acceptability of the intervention leaders.
Acceptability- Assessed by an intervention satisfaction questionnaire (14 questions, on a 5- point Likert scale: not at all satisfied to extremely satisfied).
Perceived helpfulness/ effectiveness of the telehealth modality, technology and equipment (3 questions, on 5-point Likert scale: not at all to extremely effective) will be assessed. The average of the telehealth components questions will be used as the overall dependent measure of the acceptability of the telehealth components.
Acceptability- Assessed by a questionnaire assessing satisfaction with being in a study with random assignment to groups (14 questions, on a 5-point Likert scale: not at all satisfied to extremely satisfied).