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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2020

APOLO-Teens, a web-based intervention for treatment-seeking adolescents with overweight or obesity: study protocol and baseline characterization of a Portuguese sample.

Sofia Ramalho, Pedro F Saint-Maurice, Diana Silva, Helena Ferreira Mansilha, Cátia Silva, Sónia Gonçalves, Paulo Machado, Eva Conceição

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Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04642222 (APOLO-Teens, a Web-based Intervention For Treatment-seeking Adolescents With Overweight/Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04642222 nacompletednot on this map

APOLO-Teens, a Web-based Intervention For Treatment-seeking Adolescents With Overweight/Obesity: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MinhoRan2015 to 2022Enrolled240ConditionsPediatric ObesityArmsAPOLO-Teens web-based intervention, Treatment as Usual for Pediatric Obesity
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sofia RamalhoSchool of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal. sofia.mm.ramalho@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1782-8122
Pedro F Saint-MauriceNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room-6E572, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
Diana SilvaCentro Hospitalar de São João, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal.
Helena Ferreira MansilhaCentro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte (CMIN), Largo da Maternidade de Júlio Dinis, 4050-651, Porto, Portugal.
Cátia SilvaSchool of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Sónia GonçalvesSchool of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Paulo MachadoSchool of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
Eva ConceiçãoSchool of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
University of Minho · PTCentro Hospitalar do Porto · PTHospital de São João · PTNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia IF/01219/2014Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028209Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia SFRH/BD/104182/2014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAPOLO-Teens is an ongoing web-based program combining a manualized intervention delivered by Facebook

methodsAPOLO-Teens includes adolescents aged between 13 and 18 years with BMI percentile ≥ 85 (N = 210; 60.00% girls, BMI z-score 2.40 ± 0.75) undergoing hospital ambulatory treatment for overweight/obesity. Participants completed a set of self-report measures regarding eating behaviors and habits, psychological functioning (depression, anxiety, stress, and impulsivity), physical activity, and quality of life.

resultsDepression, anxiety, stress, impulsivity, and percentage body fat were inversely associated with health-related quality of life (r

conclusionThe results showed that there were gender differences in key psychological constructs that are likely to determine success with the treatment and that, therefore, need to be considered in future interventions. The results of APOLO-Teens randomized controlled trial will determine the impact of these constructs on the efficacy and adherence to a web-based intervention for weight loss in the Portuguese population. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.

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Internet-Based InterventionOnline Social NetworkingPatient Acceptance of Health CareAdolescentAnxietyCognitive Behavioral TherapyCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionExerciseFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansImpulsive BehaviorMalePediatric ObesityPortugalAdolescentsEating behaviorsPediatric obesityWeb-based interventionWeight loss treatments

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PMID30519810
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