Feasibility of online behavioral clinical trials: The future of weight management randomized clinical trials?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Behavioral weight management trials are traditionally conducted in-person. The COVID-19 shutdown halted in-person operations, forcing investigators to develop new methods for remote treatment and assessment delivery without additional funding for website development or remote equipment. This study examined the feasibility and acceptability of remote procedures from an ongoing weight management trial impacted by COVID-19.

Methods

Using a quasi-experimental longitudinal design, in-person (pre-COVID) and remote (COVID) treatment and assessment procedures were used. Attendance at in-person versus remote (videoconference) treatment sessions was compared. Acceptability of treatment modalities (in-person vs. remote) was examined via self-report. Validity and reliability w

SUBMITTER: Leahey TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9722444 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature