Feasibility indicators in obesity-related behavioral intervention preliminary studies: a historical scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Behavioral interventions are often complex, operate at multiple levels, across settings, and employ a range of behavior change techniques. Collecting and reporting key indicators of initial trial and intervention feasibility is essential to decisions for progressing to larger-scale trials. The extent of reporting on feasibility indicators and how this may have changed over time is unknown. The aims of this study were to (1) conduct a historical scoping review of the reporting of feasibility indicators in behavioral pilot/feasibility studies related to obesity published through 2020, and (2) describe trends in the amount and type of feasibility indicators reported in studies published across three time periods: 1982-2006, 2011-2013, and 2018-2020.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Pfledderer CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10032007 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature