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Trial reportJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2016

The Effects of Two Workplace Weight Management Programs and Weight Loss on Health Care Utilization and Costs.

Truls Østbye, Marissa Stroo, Eric L Eisenstein, John M Dement

Registry-linked trialAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01299051 (Steps to Health), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01299051 nacompletednot on this map

Steps to Health: Targeting Obesity in the Health Care Workplace

TypeinterventionalSponsorDuke UniversityRan2011 to 2016Enrolled550ConditionsOverweight, ObeseArmsSteps to Health, Steps to Health Plus!
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Truls ØstbyeDepartment of Community and Family Medicine (Dr Østbye, Ms Stroo, Dr Eisenstein, Dr Dement), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Dr Østbye), Singapore, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University (Dr Østbye), Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute (Dr Eisenstein), Durham, NC.
Marissa Stroo
Eric L Eisenstein
John M Dement
Duke University Hospital · USDuke University · US

Funding

Steps to Health: Targeting Obesity in the Health Care WorkplaceR01OH009468 · OH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI OSTBYE, TRULS · 2010 to 2014
$2.3M
NIOSH CDC HHS R01 OH009468
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of this study was to compare the impact of two worksite weight management (WM [education] and WM+ [education plus counseling]) programs, on health care utilization and costs. Secondarily, compare the intervention groups to an observational control group of obese workers. Finally, evaluate the impact of actual weight loss on these outcomes.

methodsEstimate the change in the WM and WM+ intervention groups. Using propensity score adjustment compare the two intervention groups with the observational control group; and compare those who lost weight with those who did not.

resultsNo significant differences between the two intervention groups, or between these intervention groups and the observational control group. Those who lost weight reduced their overall health care costs.

conclusionsTo achieve weight loss and associated morbidity reductions, more extensive and intensive interventions, with more attention to motivation and compliance, are required.

Indexed as

Weight LossAdultCounselingFemaleHealth Care CostsHealth PromotionHealth ServicesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNorth CarolinaObesityOccupational Health ServicesPropensity ScoreTreatment OutcomeWeight Reduction Programs

Identifiers

PMID26849260
PMCPMC4746003
OpenAlexW2414515368

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