Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2014
Baseline predictors of missed visits in the Look AHEAD study.
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- Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Psychosocial Predictors of Short- and Long-term Study Retention in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Outcomes Study (DPPOS).Diabetes care · 2025 · on this mapTrial
- Socio-demographic, anthropometric, and psychosocial predictors of attrition across behavioral weight-loss trials.Eating behaviors · 2016Trial
- Methods-Motivational Interviewing Approach for Enhanced Retention and Attendance.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Retention Among Participants in the National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Change Program, 2012-2017.Diabetes care · 2020Article
- Personalized group cognitive behavioural therapy for obesity: a longitudinal study in a real-world clinical setting.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Predictors of engagement and outcome achievement in a behavioural intervention targeting sugar-sweetened beverage intake among rural adults.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Randomized clinical trials with run-in periods: frequency, characteristics and reporting.Clinical epidemiology · 2019Article
- Adherence to self-monitoring healthy lifestyle behaviours through mobile phone-based ecological momentary assessments and photographic food records over 6 months in mostly ethnic minority mothers.Public health nutrition · 2018Article
- Health-related quality of life factors associated with completion of a study delivering lifestyle exercise intervention for endometrial cancer survivors.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Derivation and Evaluation of a Risk-Scoring Tool to Predict Participant Attrition in a Lifestyle Intervention Project.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Article
- Look inside Look AHEAD: why the glass is more than half-full.Current diabetes reports · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify baseline attributes associated with consecutively missed data collection visits during the first 48 months of Look AHEAD—a randomized, controlled trial in 5,145 overweight/obese adults with type 2 diabetes designed to determine the long-term health benefits of weight loss achieved by lifestyle change. DESIGN AND
methodsThe analyzed sample consisted of 5,016 participants who were alive at month 48 and enrolled at Look AHEAD sites. Demographic, baseline behavior, psychosocial factors, and treatment randomization were included as predictors of missed consecutive visits in proportional hazard models.
resultsIn multivariate Cox proportional hazard models, baseline attributes of participants who missed consecutive visits (n 5 222) included: younger age (hazard ratio [HR] 1.18 per 5 years younger; 95% confidence Interval 1.05, 1.30), higher depression score (HR 1.04; 1.01, 1.06), non-married status (HR 1.37; 1.04, 1.82), never self-weighing prior to enrollment (HR 2.01; 1.25, 3.23), and randomization to minimal vs. intensive lifestyle intervention (HR 1.46; 1.11, 1.91).
conclusionsYounger age, symptoms of depression, non-married status, never self-weighing, and randomization to minimal intervention were associated with a higher likelihood of missing consecutive data collection visits, even in a high-retention trial like Look AHEAD. Whether modifications to screening or retention efforts targeted to these attributes might enhance long-term retention in behavioral trials requires further investigation.
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