ImpulsePal: A feasibility study of to aid the planning of a randomised controlled trial and refinement of a smartphone app-based intervention to support weight loss
- Conditions
- Nutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineObesitySpecialty: Public Health, Primary sub-specialty: Public healthUKCRC code/ Disease: Metabolic and Endocrine/ Obesity and other hyperalimentation
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN14886370
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Exeter
- Brief Summary
2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31038464 [added 01/05/2019]
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 88
People were eligible to take part if they:
1. Were at least 16 years old
2. Had a BMI of 25kg/m2 or more
3. Owned an Android-based smartphone
4. Lived within a travelling distance (up to 40 minutes) from Exeter, UK
People who:
1. Are excluded by eligibility criteria of Health Promotion Devon (see 171)
2. Are currently pregnant
3. BMI of =45 kg/m2. When a person reaches a BMI of 45kg/m2 lifestyle modification is more complex and
challenging, requiring specialist (Tier 3) services or bariatric surgery may be recommended (National Institute for
Health and Clinical Excellence, 2006), making it unsuitable for them to take part in the current study
3. Do not speak or understand written English
4. Are participating in concurrent interventional research which may overburden the patient or confound data collection (e.g., another weight loss trial)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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