Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2008
Design and implementation of an interactive website to support long-term maintenance of weight loss.
Trial report in Journal of medical Internet research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00054925 (Weight Loss Maintenance), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Weight Loss Maintenance (WLM)
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Different Online Intervention Modalities for Middle-Aged Adults with Overweight and Obesity: A 20-Year Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2024Pooled it
- Peer-Based Social Media Features in Behavior Change Interventions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Automated telephone communication systems for preventive healthcare and management of long-term conditions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Persuasive system design does matter: a systematic review of adherence to web-based interventions.Journal of medical Internet research · 2012Pooled it
- Interactive computer-based interventions for weight loss or weight maintenance in overweight or obese people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Chronic health conditions and internet behavioral interventions: a review of factors to enhance user engagement.Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · 2011Pooled it
- Scheduled Telephone Support for Internet Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Patients at Risk for Dropout: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Web-Based Interventions Alone or Supplemented with Peer-Led Support or Professional Email Counseling for Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance in Women from Rural Communities: Results of a Clinical Trial.Journal of obesity · 2017Trial
- Prepare, a randomized trial to promote and evaluate weight loss among overweight and obese women planning pregnancy: Study design and rationale.Contemporary clinical trials · 2016Trial
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- Uptake and adherence of a self-directed internet-based mental health intervention with tailored e-mail reminders in senior high schools in Norway.BMC psychiatry · 2014Trial
- Behavioral mediators of treatment effects in the weight loss maintenance trial.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2013Trial
- Effectiveness of web-based self-disclosure peer-to-peer support for weight loss: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2013Trial
- Features predicting weight loss in overweight or obese participants in a web-based intervention: randomized trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2012Trial
- Use of email and telephone prompts to increase self-monitoring in a Web-based intervention: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2012Trial
- Strategies to retain participants in a long-term HIV prevention randomized controlled trial: lessons from the MINTS-II study.AIDS and behavior · 2012Trial
- An internet-based virtual coach to promote physical activity adherence in overweight adults: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2012Trial
- Dietary intakes associated with successful weight loss and maintenance during the Weight Loss Maintenance trial.Journal of the American Dietetic Association · 2011Trial
- Web-based interventions for weight loss and weight maintenance among rural midlife and older women: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2011Trial
- Prepare randomized clinical trial: Acceptability, engagement, and lifestyle effects of a weight loss intervention beginning in pre-pregnancy.Obesity science & practice · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundFor most individuals, long-term maintenance of weight loss requires long-term, supportive intervention. Internet-based weight loss maintenance programs offer considerable potential for meeting this need. Careful design processes are required to maximize adherence and minimize attrition.
objectiveThis paper describes the development, implementation and use of a Web-based intervention program designed to help those who have recently lost weight sustain their weight loss over 1 year.
methodsThe weight loss maintenance website was developed over a 1-year period by an interdisciplinary team of public health researchers, behavior change intervention experts, applications developers, and interface designers. Key interactive features of the final site include social support, self-monitoring, written guidelines for diet and physical activity, links to appropriate websites, supportive tools for behavior change, check-in accountability, tailored reinforcement messages, and problem solving and relapse prevention training. The weight loss maintenance program included a reminder system (automated email and telephone messages) that prompted participants to return to the website if they missed their check-in date. If there was no log-in response to the email and telephone automated prompts, a staff member called the participant. We tracked the proportion of participants with at least one log-in per month, and analyzed log-ins as a result of automated prompts.
resultsThe mean age of the 348 participants enrolled in an ongoing randomized trial and assigned to use the website was 56 years; 63% were female, and 38% were African American. While weight loss data will not be available until mid-2008, website use remained high during the first year with over 80% of the participants still using the website during month 12. During the first 52 weeks, participants averaged 35 weeks with at least one log-in. Email and telephone prompts appear to be very effective at helping participants sustain ongoing website use.
conclusionsDeveloping interactive websites is expensive, complex, and time consuming. We found that extensive paper prototyping well in advance of programming and a versatile product manager who could work with project staff at all levels of detail were essential to keeping the development process efficient.
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