Effectiveness of a Smartphone Application and Wearable Device for Weight Loss in Overweight or Obese Primary Care Patients: Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial
Initiatives
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To evaluate the effectiveness of an experimental intervention based on standard diet recommendations plus free Smartphone application (app) and wearable device for weight loss, compared with the standard diet intervention alone, in primary care patients aged 18 years or older who are overweight or obese.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2015
- End Year
- 2015
Design
- Study design
- Clinical trial cohort
Marker Paper
Granado-Font E, Flores-Mateo G, Sorlí-Aguilar M, et al. Effectiveness of a Smartphone application and wearable device for weight loss in overweight or obese primary care patients: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:531. Published 2015 Jun 4. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1845-8
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 70
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
primary care patients who are overweight or obese
70 primary care patients, aged 18 years or older, with body mass index of 25 g/m2 or greater who wish to lose weight. Description of the intervention: 12 months of standard diet recommendations without (n = 35) or with (n = 35) assistance of a free Smartphone app that allows the participant to maintain a record of dietary intake and a bracelet monitor that records physical activity. The outcomes will be weight loss at 12 months (primary outcome), changes in physical activity and cardiometabolic risk factors, frequency of app use, and participant satisfaction after 12 months.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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18
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Spain
- Territory
- Tarragona and surrounding areas
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- body mass index of 25 g/m2 or greater
- Other criteria
- Patient exclusion criteria: a) Morbid obesity, defined as BMI >40; b) Secondary obesity (e.g., a disease of the endocrine system); c) Eating disorder diagnosed in any family member (not only the patient); d) Any major comorbidity requiring specific treatment (e.g., type 1 diabetes mellitus, severe mental disease); i) Women who are pregnant or want to be pregnant within 12 months; f) Participation in a weight-loss program or taking a weight-loss medication at the time of recruitment; h): Use of an operating system other than Android or iOS;
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 70
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
12 months of standard diet recommendations without (n = 35) or with (n = 35) assistance of a free Smartphone app that allows the participant to maintain a record of dietary intake and a bracelet monitor that records physical activity.
- Start Date
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2015
- End Date
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2015
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Smartphone
- Smartphone apps
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Mobile data collection