Game of Stones: feasibility randomised controlled trial of how to engage men with obesity in text message and incentive interventions for weight loss.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the acceptability and feasibility of narrative text messages with or without financial incentives to support weight loss for men.

Design

Individually randomised three-arm feasibility trial with 12 months' follow-up.

Setting

Two sites in Scotland with high levels of disadvantage according to Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).

Participants

Men with obesity (n=105) recruited through community outreach and general practitioner registers.

Interventions

Participants randomised to: (A) narrative text messages plus financial incentive for 12 months (short message service (SMS)+I), (B) narrative text messages for 12 months (SMS only), or (C) waiting list control.

Outcomes

Acceptability and feasibility of recruitment, rete

SUBMITTER: Dombrowski SU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045214 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature