Weight Loss on the Web: A Pilot Study Comparing a Commercial Website to a Structured Behavioral Intervention
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- weight change
研究概览
简要总结
The primary purpose of this study was to compare weight loss achieved through a behavioral online intervention vs. a commercial self-help website. The investigators hypothesized that there would be no difference in weight loss between groups.
详细描述
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Novel approaches are needed to address this issue on a broad scale. The internet holds promise as a way to disseminate effective weight loss strategies. The primary purpose of this study was to compare weight loss achieved through a behavioral online intervention vs. a commercial self-help website. A second aim was to evaluate the utilization of web components and their relationship to weight loss between groups and within groups in order to determine what aspects of web usage correlate to weight loss.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •BMI between 25 and 39.9 kg/m2
- •18 or older
排除标准
- •Planned to move within 1 year
- •Planned a pregnancy within 1 year
- •Take medications with weight implications
- •Unable to exercise moderately
- •Participating in another weight loss program
- •Lacked minimum computer requirements
结局指标
主要结局
weight change
次要结局
- social influence components
- eating behavior
- web usage correlation to weight change