ArticleBMJ open2021
Peer-Assisted Lifestyle (PAL) intervention: a protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial of a health-coaching intervention delivered by veteran peers to improve obesity treatment in primary care.
Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03163264 (Testing the Efficacy of a Technology-assisted Intervention to Improve Weight Management of Obese Patients Within Patient Aligned Care Teams at the VA), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Testing the Efficacy of a Technology-assisted Intervention to Improve Weight Management of Obese Patients Within Patient Aligned Care Teams at the VA
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Selection and reporting of usual care comparators when designing primary care trials of complex health interventions: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025Pooled it
- Peer Coaching to Support Weight Management in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Study protocol: BRInging the Diabetes prevention program to GEriatric Populations.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
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- The 5 A's Approach to Promoting Nutrition Counseling in Primary Care.Journal of primary care & community healthReview
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Abstract
introductionAmong US veterans, more than 78% have a body mass index (BMI) in the overweight (≥25 kg/m METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We are recruiting 461 veterans aged 18-69 years with obesity or overweight with an obesity-associated condition under the care of a PCP at the Brooklyn campus of the Veterans Affairs NY Harbor Healthcare System. To deliver counselling, PAL uses in-person and telephone-based peer support, a tablet-delivered goal-setting tool and PCP training. Patients in the EUC arm receive non-tailored healthy living handouts. In-person data collection occurs at baseline, month 6 and month 12 for patients in both arms. Repeated measures modelling based on mixed models will compare mean BM loss (primary outcome) between study arms. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The protocol has been approved by the Institutional Review Board and the Research and Development Committee at the VA NY Harbor Health Systems (#01607). We will disseminate the results via peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations and meetings with stakeholders. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT03163264; Pre-results.
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