Track: A randomized controlled trial of a digital health obesity treatment intervention for medically vulnerable primary care patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obesity continues to disproportionately affect medically vulnerable populations. Digital health interventions may be effective for delivering obesity treatment in low-resource primary care settings.

Methods

Track is a 12-month randomized controlled trial of a digital health weight loss intervention in a community health center system. Participants are 351 obese men and women aged 21 to 65years with an obesity-related comorbidity. Track participants are randomized to usual primary care or to a 12-month intervention consisting of algorithm-generated tailored behavior change goals, self-monitoring via mobile technologies, daily self-weighing using a network-connected scale, skills training materials, 18 counseling phone calls with a Track coach, and primary care pr

SUBMITTER: Foley P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4885789 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature