Effectiveness of a Group-Based Lifestyle Change Program Versus Usual Care: An Electronic Health Record, Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Translational lifestyle change programs for community and clinical settings have been available for a decade, yet there are limited data on their comparative effectiveness. This study examines the effectiveness of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-aligned lifestyle change program relative to usual care in clinical practice.

Methods

This was an electronic health record-based retrospective cohort study conducted in a community-based healthcare system. Investigators identified adult program participants and usual-care patients in the electronic health record between 2010 and 2018 and defined their index date (baseline) as the first lifestyle change program encounter or a random encounter date, respectively. Participants were matched 1:2 to usual-care pat

SUBMITTER: Romanelli RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7684916 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature