Engaging Patients in Weight Loss Tools

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The overall aim of this study is to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a primary-care based approach to facilitating engagement in online behavior tracking and community support networks for weight loss ("facilitation condition") over 12 weeks among adults with obesity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04121312

Run by

University of Florida

People needed

33

Starts

2019-10-28

Expected to finish

2020-07-24

Last updated by the study team

2024-01-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• PCPs:
• Employed as a PCP at a clinics in the UF health care system.
• Has practiced at current clinic for ≥1 year (self-report)
• Is employed ≥ 0.5 FTE (self-report)
• Has a patient panel that is majority adult (self-report)
• Patients: EHR-based criteria:
• Age 18-75
• Last BMI in EHR ≥30 kg/m2
• Has an appointment scheduled ("index appointment") with an enrolled primary care PCP 7-30 days after electronic data pull.
• Is enrolled in MyChart or has an email address in the IDR system.
• Self-report criteria:
• Self-reported BMI > 29 kg/m2 (to account for under-reporting)
• Response yes to question: "Would you be interested in learning strategies to help you lose weight?"
• Ability to read and understand English without assistance.
• Has either (a) a phone or tablet with a data plan OR (b) reliable access to Wi-Fi (via computer, phone or tablet) in their home.

You may not qualify if…

• PCPs:
• Planning to move out of the Gainesville or Jacksonville area in the next 12 months.
• Patients:
• Currently enrolled in formal weight loss program or a research study focused on changing diet, physical activity, or weight.
• In past month, has tracked the majority of their food intake on an app, website, or paper log an average of 3 or more days per week.
• Self-reported to be pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant in next 6 months.
• Currently undergoing radiation or chemotherapy for cancer.
• Self-reported cardiac event in past 6 months.
• Self-reported Heart Failure (also known as chronic heart failure or CHF).
• Planning to move out of the Gainesville or Jacksonville area (depending on which clinic they are recruited from) in the next 6 months.

Where it is running

• UF Health at the University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• UF Health - Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida, United States

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