Self-Efficacy and Mood as predictors of Weight Change- Version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An individual’s confidence and mood as predictors of change in weight in both commercial and clinical weight loss programmes.
IRAS ID
202574
Contact name
Clare Cooper
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Research Governance University of Aberdeen/ NHS Grampian
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 19 days
Research summary
Obesity can have detrimental effects on the individual’s health, causing a higher risk of developing cancer and heart disease. Obesity can be reduced through an individual increasing their exercise and decreasing food intake. Research has shown that changes in an individuals confidence during a weight loss program can predict if they will be able to lose weight, those with a greater increase in confidence have been shown to be more successful at weight loss. Those that present higher negative moods at the beginning of the programme have been shown to be more unsuccessful with weight loss. This research has only been established in experimental research and to the best of knowledge, not in a clinical or commercial setting. The aim of the current study is to see if this finding exists in an NHS weight Management service and in two commercial weight loss programmes (i.e. Weight Watchers, Certalslim, Slimming World).
The design of the study is to use questionnaires to measure levels of confidence and negative mood in both clinical (group 1) and commercial (group 2) settings. The first group will be members from the NHS Weight Management service, in which as part of the 6-month programme these questionnaires are already part of the assessment. Therefore, in this project data will be used from data that has already been collected. For the second group, the researchers will collect data from individuals from two groups of commercial weight management programmes. Researcher will visit local Commercial weight loss groups, in which will invite individuals to taken part, after consent, individual will be given questionnaires, in which this will be repeated at a six week follow up period. Both groups can be looked at separately or a comparison can be made across both clinical and commercial groups to see if anything differs.
REC name
London - Brent Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/0703
Date of REC Opinion
8 Apr 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion