Effect of an Online Weight Management Program Integrated With Population Health Management on Weight Change: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Online programs may help with weight loss but have not been widely implemented in routine primary care.

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of a combined intervention, including an online weight management program plus population health management, with the online program only and with usual care.

Design, setting, and participants

Cluster randomized trial with enrollment from July 19, 2016, through August 10, 2017, at 15 primary care practices in the US. Eligible participants had a scheduled primary care visit and were aged 20 to 70 years, had a body mass index between 27 and less than 40, and had a diagnosis of hypertension or type 2 diabetes. Follow-up ended on May 8, 2019.

Interventions

Participants in the usual care group (n = 326) were mailed

SUBMITTER: Baer HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7610192 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature