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ArticleImplementation science communications2020

Barriers and facilitators in implementing a pilot, pragmatic, telemedicine-delivered healthy lifestyle program for obesity management in a rural, academic obesity clinic.

John A Batsis, Auden C McClure, Aaron B Weintraub, Diane Sette, Sivan Rotenberg, Courtney J Stevens, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, David F Kotz, Stephen J Bartels, Summer B Cook and 1 more

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Article in Implementation science communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03309787 (A Pilot Study of an eHealth-delivered Health Coaching Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03309787 completednot on this map

A Pilot Study of an eHealth-delivered Health Coaching Intervention

TypeobservationalSponsorDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterRan2017 to 2019Enrolled37ConditionsObesity, Technology, Videoconferencing, mHealthArmseHealth
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

John A BatsisDivision of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0845-4416
Auden C McClureGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH USA.
Aaron B WeintraubDartmouth Weight & Wellness Center, Lebanon, NH USA.
Diane SetteDartmouth Weight & Wellness Center, Lebanon, NH USA.
Sivan RotenbergDartmouth Weight & Wellness Center, Lebanon, NH USA.
Courtney J StevensDartmouth Weight & Wellness Center, Lebanon, NH USA.
Diane Gilbert-DiamondGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH USA.
David F KotzDepartment of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA.
Stephen J BartelsMongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA.
Summer B CookUniversity of New Hampshire, Durham, NH USA.
Richard I RothsteinGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH USA.
Dartmouth College · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of New Hampshire · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Fred W Kolling IV · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeFew evidence-based strategies are specifically tailored for disparity populations such as rural adults. Two-way video-conferencing using telemedicine can potentially surmount geographic barriers that impede participation in high-intensity treatment programs offering frequent visits to clinic facilities. We aimed to understand barriers and facilitators of implementing a telemedicine-delivered tertiary-care, rural academic weight-loss program for the management of obesity.

methodsA single-arm study of a 16-week, weight-loss pilot evaluated barriers and facilitators to program participation and exploratory measures of program adoption and staff confidence in implementation and intervention delivery. A program was delivered using video-conferencing within an existing clinical infrastructure. Elements of Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) provided a basis for assessing intervention characteristics, inner and outer settings, and individual characteristics using surveys and semi-structured interviews. We evaluated elements of the RE-AIM model (reach, adoption) to assess staff barriers to success for future scalability.

findingsThere were 27 patients and 8 staff completing measures. Using CFIR, the intervention was valuable from a patient participant standpoint; staff equally had positive feelings about using telemedicine as useful for patient care. The RE-AIM framework demonstrated limited reach but willingness to adopt was above average. A significant barrier limiting sustainability was physical space for intervention delivery and privacy and dedicated resources for staff. Scheduling stressors were also a challenge in its implementation.

conclusionsThe need to engage staff, enhance organizational culture, and increase reach are major factors for rural health obesity clinics to enhance sustainability of using telemedicine for the management of obesity.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT03309787. Registered on 16 October 2017.

Indexed as

ObesityPragmaticRuralTelemedicineWeight loss

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PMID33015640
PMCPMC7526351
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