A Facebook-Delivered Weight Loss Intervention Using Open Enrollment: Randomized Pilot Feasibility Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Behavioral weight loss programs typically enroll 12-40 people into groups that then suffer from declining engagement over time. Web-based patient communities, on the other hand, typically offer no limits on capacity and membership is fluid. This model may be useful for boosting engagement in behavioral weight loss interventions, which could lead to better outcomes.

Objective

In this study, we aimed to examine the feasibility and acceptability of continuously enrolling participants into a Facebook-delivered weight loss intervention for the first 8 of 16 weeks relative to the same intervention where no new participants were enrolled after randomization.

Methods

We conducted a randomized pilot trial to compare a Facebook weight loss group that used open enroll

SUBMITTER: Pagoto SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9123537 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature