NCT05958615Active, not recruiting
Positive Psychology Intervention for Patients Post-bariatric Surgery and Their Partners
Evaluation of Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Dyadic Positive Psychology Intervention for Patients Post-bariatric Surgery and Their Partners: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this waitlist-control design, pilot randomized controlled trial is to test feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a remotely-delivered dyadic positive psychology intervention for patients 2 years after bariatric surgery and their romantic partners (called ReConnect). The main question it aims to answer is whether the intervention results in improvements in depressive symptoms for patients and partners. The additional questions it aims to answer are whether the intervention results in improvements in resilience, relationship satisfaction, eating and physical activity behaviors, and weight maintenance for those in the intervention versus waitlist control condition. Participant couples randomly assigned to the intervention condition will engage in ReConnect for 8 weekly modules and associated positive psychology activities, some individually and some as a couple. Participant couples randomly assigned to the waitlist control condition will wait for 8 weeks to begin the 8 week intervention. All participants will fill out assessment measures at baseline, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 82 (actual)
- First submitted
- 11 Jul 2023
- Start date
- Feb 2024
- Primary completion date
- Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Larissa McGarrity, Ph.D.
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05958615
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 82
- From Feb 2024 to the primary completion date, Mar 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Couples in which both members have undergone bariatric surgery
Other
- Current participation in another intervention study
- Lack of access to internet for remotely delivered intervention
- Absence of depressive symptoms, relationship challenges, or difficulty coping with lifestyle changes at screening
Who the study is looking for
- Adult couples (18 years and older) consisting of one partner who had bariatric surgery (Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy) at participating institution
- Between 1 to 3 years post bariatric surgery performed at participating institution and
- A cohabiting romantic partner who have been in the same relationship from before bariatric surgery to time of recruitment
- Both partners are willing and able to enroll in study
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Unknown status |
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