SynthesisPreventive medicine2019
Motivational interviewing in eHealth and telehealth interventions for weight loss: A systematic review.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Sustainability of mHealth Effects on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: Five-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- The Influence of Relationships Within Behavioral Weight Management Interventions: An Overview.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Review
- Optimizing Goal Difficulty in a Digital Weight Loss Intervention: The Ignite Pilot Randomized Trial.Obesity science & practice · 2026Article
- Review of the Use of Digital Therapeutics for Obesity Treatment: Toward a Psychological Phenotyping.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Integrating Obesity Care into Chronic Disease Management in Catalonia: Progress and Challenges in Health System Approaches.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Optimizing Self-Monitoring in a Digital Weight Loss Intervention (Spark): Protocol for a Factorial Randomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Role of Mobile Health and Wearable Devices in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Evaluating the feasibility and utility of telephonic motivational interviewing in older adults.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- Acceptability and Feasibility of the Telehealth Bariatric Behavioral Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Before Bariatric Surgery: A Single-Case Experimental Study (Part I).Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Expert Opinion on the Utility of Telemedicine in Obesity Care: Recommendations on a Hybrid Multidisciplinary Integrated Care Follow-Up Algorithm.Current obesity reports · 2024Review
- Use of implementation mapping in the planning of a hybrid type 1 pragmatic clinical trial: the BeatPain Utah study.Implementation science communications · 2024Article
- Telehealth delivery of physical therapist-led interventions for persons with chronic low back pain in underserved communities: lessons from pragmatic clinical trials.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Public acceptance of using artificial intelligence-assisted weight management apps in high-income southeast Asian adults with overweight and obesity: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Effect of Determinants of Health on the Hearing Care Framework: An Economic Perspective.Seminars in hearing · 2023Review
- Detailed Versus Simplified Dietary Self-monitoring in a Digital Weight Loss Intervention Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults: Fully Remote, Randomized Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Motivational Interviewing to Encourage Agricultural Producers' Use of Hearing Protection Devices: A Mixed-Method Feasibility Study.Workplace health & safety · 2022Article
- The Potential Role of Digital Health in Obesity Care.Advances in therapy · 2022Review
- Acceptability and Feasibility of the Telehealth Bariatric Behavioral Intervention to Increase Physical Activity: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Mobile health plus community health worker support for weight management among public housing residents (Path to Health): A randomized controlled trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
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Abstract
The alarming prevalence of adult obesity warrants consideration of treatments with broad reach; digital health interventions meet this need and have demonstrated efficacy for weight loss. One approach that can be delivered remotely is motivational interviewing - a counseling style that helps resolve ambivalence to change unhealthy behavior. This is the first review to systematically examine eHealth and telehealth interventions that incorporate motivational interviewing for weight loss. We searched four electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, CINAHL) for publications from November 2009-May 2018. Included papers were weight loss RCTs conducted among adults with overweight or obesity that examined eHealth or telehealth interventions with motivational interviewing, compared to any type of treatment arm without it. Results were presented separately by comparison arm (control vs. active comparator). Sixteen papers (15 trials) were included. Twelve used telephone-based counseling to deliver motivational interviewing, two used email and phone, and one used online chats. When compared to a no-treatment control arm, the motivational interviewing arm was associated with greater weight loss on 6 of 11 occasions, but performed better than an active comparator on only 1 of 7 occasions. Retention and engagement were generally high, though few trials examined the relation with weight loss. No trial had high risk of bias, but five lacked power calculations and only two reported fidelity to motivational interviewing. Telephone-based interventions that incorporate motivational interviewing hold promise as effective obesity treatments. There is a dearth of evidence to support the use of motivational interviewing via eHealth, signaling a needed research area.
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