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Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2022

Long-term Weight Loss in a Primary Care-Anchored eHealth Lifestyle Coaching Program: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Laura Hesseldal, Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen, Thomas Bastholm Olesen, Michael Hecht Olsen, Pernille Ravn Jakobsen, Ditte Hjorth Laursen, Jørgen Trankjær Lauridsen, Jesper Bo Nielsen, Jens Søndergaard, Carl Joakim Brandt

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Trial report in Journal of medical Internet research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03788915 (Facilitating Weight Loss and Reversing Type 2 Diabetes), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT03788915 naunknown statusnot on this map

Facilitating Weight Loss and Reversing Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) by Means of a Collaborative eHealth Lifestyle Coaching Intervention in Primary Care - A 2-year Randomised Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Southern DenmarkRan2018 to 2021Enrolled340ConditionsObesityArmsOnline dietetic lifestyle counseling, Usual care
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Authors and funding

10 authors.

Laura HesseldalResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8333-8901
Jeanette Reffstrup ChristensenResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-2412-5989
Thomas Bastholm OlesenSteno Diabetes Center Odense, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1464-7342
Michael Hecht OlsenSteno Diabetes Center Zealand, Holdbaek, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8760-8323
Pernille Ravn JakobsenResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-0199-1972
Ditte Hjorth LaursenDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7011-9996
Jørgen Trankjær LauridsenDepartment of Economics and Data Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-9889-6236
Jesper Bo NielsenResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-5764-5462
Jens SøndergaardResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7680-9920
Carl Joakim BrandtResearch Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-3268-0595

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLong-term weight loss in people living with obesity can reduce the risk and progression of noncommunicable diseases. Observational studies suggest that digital coaching can lead to long-term weight loss.

objectiveWe investigated whether an eHealth lifestyle coaching program for people living with obesity with or without type 2 diabetes led to significant, long-term (12-month) weight loss compared to usual care.

methodsIn a randomized controlled trial that took place in 50 municipalities in Denmark, 340 people living with obesity with or without type 2 diabetes were enrolled from April 16, 2018, to April 1, 2019, and randomized via an automated computer algorithm to an intervention (n=200) or a control (n=140) group. Patients were recruited via their general practitioners, the Danish diabetes organization, and social media. The digital coaching intervention consisted of an initial 1-hour face-to-face motivational interview followed by digital coaching using behavioral change techniques enabled by individual live monitoring. The primary outcome was change in body weight from baseline to 12 months.

resultsData were assessed for 200 participants, including 127 from the intervention group and 73 from the control group, who completed 12 months of follow-up. After 12 months, mean body weight and BMI were significantly reduced in both groups but significantly more so in the intervention group than the control group (-4.5 kg, 95% CI -5.6 to -3.4 vs -1.5 kg, 95% CI -2.7 to -0.2, respectively; P<.001; and -1.5 kg/m

conclusionsCompared to usual care, digital lifestyle coaching can induce significant weight loss for people living with obesity, both with and without type 2 diabetes, after 12 months.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03788915; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03788915.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2MentoringTelemedicineHumansLife StyleObesityPrimary Health CareWeight Lossbehavior changescoachingdiabetesdigital behavioral coachingdigital coachdigital healtheHealthengagementhealth behavior changeinteractive advicelifestyle changemobile interventionobesitypatient engagementT2Dtelemedicinetrainingtype 2 diabetesweight loss

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PMCPMC9547330

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