Engaging Primary Care Patients in Online Weight Management Tools: A Pilot Study

University of Florida2 sites in 1 country33 target enrollmentOctober 28, 2019

ConditionsObesity

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Obesity
Sponsor: University of Florida
Enrollment: 33
Locations: 2
Primary Endpoint: Patient retention
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

October 28, 2019

End Date

July 24, 2020

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Florida

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•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:
•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)

Exclusion Criteria

•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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Patient retention

Time Frame: 12 weeks

Percent of enrolled patients completing the 12-week follow-up assessment. (NOTE: this is a feasibility pilot and is not conceptualized as having a single primary outcome)

Secondary Outcomes

Provider retention(4-6 months (depends on patient recruitment rate))
Percent of contacted providers who enroll(NA (depends on period of recruitment, approx 1 month))
Initial engagement in Tracking tool and social network(12 weeks)
Acceptability of intervention- patient: 12 study specific questions(12 weeks)
Sustained engagement in Tracking tool and social network(12 week assessment (queried about prior week))
Weight change(baseline to 12 weeks)
Percent of patients who enroll(NA (depends on period of recruitment, approx 2-4 months))
Rate of patient recruitment(up to 16 weeks)
Acceptability of intervention- provider(At end of intervention (about 4-6 months after start, depending on recruitment rate))