The Phased Implementation of a National Telehealth Weight Management Program for Veterans: Mixed-Methods Program Evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of obesity is high among US veterans, yet many face barriers to engaging in in-person, facility-based treatment programs. To improve access to weight-management services, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) developed TeleMOVE, a home-based, 82-day curriculum that utilizes in-home messaging devices to promote weight loss in VHA patients facing barriers to accessing facility-based services.

Objective

The primary aim was to establish preliminary evidence for the program by comparing outcomes for TeleMOVE with standard, facility-based MOVE weight-management services (group, individual modalities) over the evaluation period based on the number of patients enrolled per site and the program's clinical effectiveness, as demonstrated by average weight lost

SUBMITTER: Goodrich DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6307696 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature