Baseline Characteristics of PATHWEIGH: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Study for Weight Management in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the characteristics of patients and practice of clinicians during standard-of-care for weight management in a large, multiclinic health system before the implementation of PATHWEIGH, a pragmatic weight management intervention.

Methods

We analyzed baseline characteristics of patients, clinicians, and clinics during standard-of-care for weight management before the implementation of PATHWEIGH, which will be evaluated for effectiveness and implementation in primary care using an effectiveness-implementation hybrid type-1 cluster randomized stepped-wedge clinical trial design. A total of 57 primary care clinics were enrolled and randomized to 3 sequences. Patients included in the analysis met the eligibility requirements of age ≥18 years and body mass index (

SUBMITTER: Perreault L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10202506 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature