Trial reportBMJ open2019
Telemedical coaching for weight loss in overweight employees: a three-armed randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT01837134 (TeleLifestyleCoaching Study - Telemedical Coaching for Weight Loss), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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TeleLifestyleCoaching Study - Telemedical Coaching for Weight Loss
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Development of the Health Coaching Quality Index: A Proposed Method for Evaluating Health Coaching Interventions.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluation of the Aspects of Digital Interventions That Successfully Support Weight Loss: Systematic Review With Component Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
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- Influence of Nutrition, Food and Diet-Related Interventions in the Workplace: A Meta-Analysis with Meta-Regression.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Behavior Change Techniques and the Effects Associated With Digital Behavior Change Interventions in Sedentary Behavior in the Clinical Population: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Pooled it
- The Impact of Telemonitoring and Telehealth Coaching on General Nutrition Knowledge in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Trial
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- Salutogenic Principles in Workplace Health Promotion Interventions: A Scoping Review.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Impact of Digital Interventions in Occupational Health Care: A Systematic Review.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2025Review
- An umbrella review of efficacy of digital health interventions for workers.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of a Telenutrition Weight Loss Program Supported with Telemonitoring and Telehealth Coaching on Anthropometric and Biochemical Measures in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Real-World Outcomes of a Digital Behavioral Coaching Intervention to Improve Employee Health Status: Retrospective Observational Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Observational
- Weight Reduction Interventions Using Digital Health for Employees with Obesity: A Systematic Review.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedCorrection:2019
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesWe examined the effect of a telemedical coaching (TMC) programme accompanied with or without telemonitoring on weight loss in an occupational healthcare setting with a three-armed randomised controlled trial (NCT01837134 'Pre-results').
methodsOverweight employees (n=104, body mass index [BMI] ≥25 kg/m
resultsETD from TMC to C1 (-3.6 kg 95% CI -7.40 to -0.1, p=0.047) and to C2 (-4.2 kg [-7.90 to -0.5], p=0.026) was significantly different at the 12 months follow-up in the PP-analysis, but lost significance in the ITT analysis. All groups reduced weight after 12 months (-3.3 to -8.4 kg [5.5-10.3 kg], all p<0.01) and sustained it during the 36 months follow-up (-4.8 to -7.8 kg [5.6-12.8 kg], all p<0.01). ETD analyses revealed no difference between all groups neither in the PP nor in the ITT analysis at the 3 years follow-up. All groups reduced BMI, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and improved eating behaviour in the PP or ITT analyses.
conclusionsTMC and/or telemonitoring support long-term weight reduction in overweight employees. The combination of both interventions points towards an additional effect. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT01837134.
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