Recruitment and Retention for a Weight Loss Maintenance Trial Involving Weight Loss Prior to Randomization.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A weight loss maintenance trial involving weight loss prior to randomization is challenging to implement due to the potential for dropout and insufficient weight loss. We examined rates and correlates of non-initiation, dropout, and insufficient weight loss during a weight loss maintenance trial.

Methods

The MAINTAIN trial involved a 16-week weight loss program followed by randomization among participants losing at least 4 kg. Psychosocial measures were administered during a screening visit. Weight was obtained at the first group session and 16 weeks later to determine eligibility for randomization.

Results

Of 573 patients who screened as eligible, 69 failed to initiate the weight loss program. In adjusted analyses, failure to initiate was associated with lo

SUBMITTER: Voils CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5192533 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature