Enhancing group-based internet obesity treatment: A pilot RCT comparing video and text-based chat.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Internet delivery of behavioural weight control interventions offers potential for broad geographic reach and accessibility, but weight losses online fall short of those produced with the same programme delivered in-person. This pilot study examined feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a video-based platform for delivering weekly chat as part of a 6-month, 24-session online group behavioural weight control programme compared with the established text-based format, which has produced the best online weight losses to date.

Method

Women with obesity (N = 32) were randomized to either (a) weekly video group chat sessions and provided with a cellular-enabled scale (Video) or (b) Text-based weekly chat sessions and given a digital scale (Text) and followed for 6 month

SUBMITTER: West DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934426 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature