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ArticleJournal of men's health2022

A Self-Guided Lifestyle Intervention for Young Men: Findings from the ACTIVATE Randomized Pilot Trial.

Jean M Reading, Melissa M Crane, Kellie Carlyle, Robert A Perera, Jessica Gokee LaRose

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Article in Journal of men's health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04267263 (A Novel Approach to Reducing Adiposity Among Young Men), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
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.

NCT04267263 nacompletednot on this map

A Novel Approach to Reducing Adiposity Among Young Men

TypeinterventionalSponsorVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRan2021 to 2021Enrolled35ConditionsWeight Loss, Men, Lifestyle Risk Reduction, Cardiovascular DiseasesArmsSelf-guided lifestyle intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. A Qualitative Study on Young Men's Experiences of Intentional Weight-Gain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jean M ReadingDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
Melissa M CraneDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Kellie CarlyleDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
Robert A PereraDepartment of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
Jessica Gokee LaRoseDepartment of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USRush University Medical Center · US

Funding

Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Related ResearchUL1TR002649 · NCATS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI MOELLER, FREDERICK GERARD · 2018 to 2022
$19.1M
Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control and Cancer Health Equity (CPC-CHE)T32CA093423 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Bernard F Fuemmeler, Oxana G Palesh · 2018 to 2026
$3.0M
Training Program in Behavioral and Health Services Cancer Control ResearchR25CA093423 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, RICHARD FREDERICK · 2002 to 2015
$2.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002649NCI NIH HHS R25 CA093423NCI NIH HHS T32 CA093423
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Young men are at high risk for developing obesity-related health complications, yet are markedly underrepresented in lifestyle interventions. This pilot study examined the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a lifestyle intervention (self-guided + health risk messaging) targeting young men. Methods: 35 young men (Age = 29.3 ± 4.27; BMI = 30.8 ± 4.26; 34% racial/ethnic minority) were randomly assigned to the intervention or delayed treatment control. The intervention (ACTIVATE) included 1 virtual group session, digital tools (wireless scale, self-monitoring app), access to self-paced content via a secure website, and 12 weekly texts to reinforce health risk messaging. Fasted objective weight was assessed remotely at baseline and 12-weeks. Perceived risk was assessed via survey at baseline, 2-week, and 12-week. Results: Recruitment was successful as evidenced by 109% of target enrollment achieved in a 2-month period. Retention was 86% at 12 weeks, with no differences by arm ( Conclusions: A self-guided lifestyle intervention showed initial promise for weight management among young men, but these findings are limited by small sample size. More research is needed to bolster weight loss outcomes while retaining the scalable self-guided approach. Clinical Trial Registration: NCT04267263 (https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04267263).

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behavioral interventionshealth risk messageslow intensitymale-targetedobesityweight loss

Identifiers

PMID36846742
PMCPMC9949796
OpenAlexW4295972138

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