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An Ecological Momentary Intervention for weight loss and healthy eating via smartphone and Internet: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
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- e-VITA study protocol: EU-Japan virtual coach for smart aging.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The use of internet-based smartphone apps consistently improved consumers' healthy eating behaviors: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Review
- A smartphone application as a personalized treatment tool for adolescents with overweight: an explorative qualitative study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Adding Mobile Elements to Online Physical Activity Interventions for Adults Aged Over 50 Years: Prototype Development Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Adding Mobile Elements to Online Physical Activity Interventions Targeted at Adults Aged 50 Years and Older: Protocol for a Systematic Design.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- A Clinician-Led, Experience-Based Co-Design Approach for Developing mHealth Services to Support the Patient Self-management of Chronic Conditions: Development Study and Design Case.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Mobile Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention and Health Behavior Change Among Adults in Rakai, Uganda: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Commercially Available Apps to Support Healthy Family Meals: User Testing of App Utility, Acceptability, and Engagement.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Networks of stress, affect and eating behaviour: anticipated stress coping predicts goal-congruent eating in young adults.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Article
- Using technology to assess and intervene with illicit drug-using persons at risk for HIV.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2017Review
- From Diabetes Care to Diabetes Cure-The Integration of Systems Biology, eHealth, and Behavioral Change.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017Review
- Grand Challenges in Eating Behavior Research: Preventing Weight Gain, Facilitating Long-Term Weight Maintenance.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Examining word association networks: A cross-country comparison of women's perceptions of HPV testing and vaccination.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundLong-term weight loss maintenance is difficult to achieve. Effectiveness of obesity interventions could be increased by providing extended treatment, and by focusing on person-environment interactions. Ecological Momentary Intervention (EMI) can account for these two factors by allowing an indefinite extension of a treatment protocol in everyday life. EMI relies on observations in daily life to intervene by providing appropriate in-the-moment treatment. The Think Slim intervention is an EMI based on the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and its effectiveness will be investigated in the current study.
methodsA randomised controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted. At least 134 overweight adults (body mass index (BMI) above 25 kg/m(2)) will be randomly assigned to an 8-week immediate intervention group (Diet + Think Slim intervention, n = 67) or to an 8-week diet-only control group (followed by the Think Slim intervention, n = 67). The Think Slim intervention consists of (1) an app-based EMI that estimates and intervenes when people are likely to overeat, based on Ecological Momentary Assessment data, and (2) ten online computerised CBT sessions which work in conjunction with an EMI module in the app. The primary outcome is BMI. Secondary outcomes include (1) scores on self-report questionnaires for dysfunctional thinking, eating styles, eating disorder pathology, general psychological symptomatology, and self-esteem, and (2) eating patterns, investigated via network analysis. Primary and secondary outcomes will be obtained at pre- and post-intervention measurements, and at 3- and 12-month follow-up measurements. DISCUSSION: This is the first EMI aimed at treating obesity via a cognitive approach, provided via a smartphone app and the Internet, in the context of an RCT.
trial registrationThis trial has been registered at the Netherlands Trial Register, part of the Dutch Cochrane Centre ( NTR5473 ; registration date: 26 October 2015).
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