Evaluation of TeleMOVE: a Telehealth Weight Reduction Intervention for Veterans with Obesity
| Autor: | Gina N. Woods, A R N Julie Wiese, Jane A. Skoyen, Thomas Rutledge |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Gerontology
Male Psychological intervention Telehealth Overweight Weight loss Intervention (counseling) Weight Loss medicine Humans Obesity health care economics and organizations General Psychology Veterans business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease humanities Telemedicine Psychiatry and Mental health Health psychology Observational study Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. 49(4) |
| ISSN: | 1532-4796 |
| Popis: | The rates of overweight and obesity are high among United States Veterans, necessitating the development of accessible weight reduction interventions.This observational study evaluated the efficacy of a novel home-based telehealth weight loss intervention (TeleMOVE) for Veterans with obesity.We obtained weight measures of 171 patients before and after one and two 90-day cycles of TeleMOVE.Enrollment in the first 90-day cycle of TeleMOVE was associated with significant weight loss (M = 8.62 lbs, SD = 9.85). Those who subsequently enrolled in the second, identical, cycle lost significantly more weight overall (M = 11.68 lbs, SD = 12.53) than those who only enrolled in the first cycle (M = 5.55 lbs, SD = 8.23). However, this difference was due to two-cycle participants losing significantly more weight during the first cycle alone (M = 10.52, SD = 10.32).TeleMOVE is a promising intervention, warranting a further investigation of its efficacy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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