Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2024
Weight Gain Prevention Outcomes From a Pragmatic Digital Health Intervention With Community Health Center Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Journal of medical Internet research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT03003403 (Balance), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Balance: A Pragmatic Trial of a Digital Health Intervention to Prevent Weight Gain in Primary Care
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing Electronic Health Record-Derived Outcomes in a Pragmatic Weight Gain Prevention Trial: Effects, Variability, and Implications for Future Trials.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingTrial
- Digital health and consumer health informatics: past and future.Medical research archives · 2026Article
- Digital Health Technology Use Among Spanish Speakers in the US: A Scoping Review.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Erratum issued
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of obesity and its associated comorbidities continue to rise in the United States. Populations who are uninsured and from racial and ethnic minority groups continue to be disproportionately affected. These populations also experience fewer clinically meaningful outcomes in most weight loss trials. Weight gain prevention presents a useful strategy for individuals who experience barriers to weight loss. Given the often-limited weight management resources available to patients in primary care settings serving vulnerable patients, evaluating interventions with pragmatic designs may help inform the design of comprehensive obesity care delivered in primary care.
objectiveThis study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Balance, a 2-arm, 12-month pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a digital weight gain prevention intervention, delivered to patients receiving primary care within federally qualified community health centers.
methodsBalance was a 2-arm, 12-month pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a digital weight gain prevention intervention delivered to individuals who had a BMI of 25-40 kg/m
resultsWe randomized 443 participants, of which 223 (50.3%) participants were allocated to the intervention arm. At baseline, participants had a mean BMI of 32.6 kg/m
conclusionsIn adults with overweight or obesity receiving primary care at a community health center, we did not find long-term evidence to support the dissemination of a digital health intervention for weight gain prevention.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03003403; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03003403. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): RR2-10.1186/s12889-019-6926-7.
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