Feasibility and acceptability of a rural, pragmatic, telemedicine-delivered healthy lifestyle programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The public health crisis of obesity leads to increasing morbidity that are even more profound in certain populations such as rural adults. Live, two-way video-conferencing is a modality that can potentially surmount geographic barriers and staffing shortages.

Methods

Patients from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Weight and Wellness Center were recruited into a pragmatic, single-arm, nonrandomized study of a remotely delivered 16-week evidence-based healthy lifestyle programme. Patients were provided hardware and appropriate software allowing for remote participation in all sessions, outside of the clinic setting. Our primary outcomes were feasibility and acceptability of the telemedicine intervention, as well as potential effectiveness on anthropometric and functional mea

SUBMITTER: Batsis JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934425 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature