Top Tips habit-based weight loss app study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Overweight or obesity; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10470937
• Lead Sponsor: Weight Concern

Brief Summary

2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31094352 (added 17/05/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2017-03-01
• Study Start: 2019-03-08
• Last Update Posted: 6 April 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 81

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adults (18 years or over) from the UK
2. Owned an android smartphone
3. Read English fluently
4. Overweight or obese (BMI = 25 kg/m2)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to provide informed consent
2. Pregnant or breastfeeding
3. Expecting to have bariatric surgery in the following 3 months or were recovering from bariatric surgery
4. On a strict weight loss treatment, such as meal replacements

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Usage pattern and users’ feedback were the primary variables of interest. Automated data from Top Tips ‘only’ and Top Tips ‘plus’ users were collected over the 3-month intervention period to assess usage patterns (number of log-ins; pages viewed; plans made; total time spent on the app in minutes and the number of times weight was logged and each tip was achieved).<br><br> To assess acceptability of the Top Tips apps, eight open questions relating to users’ experience of using the apps were included in the online follow-up questionnaire at 3 months.<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Weight and height were self-reported using an online questionnaire at baseline and 3-month follow-up<br> 2. Overall frequency of the target behaviours was measured online using a 16-item questionnaire (developed previously for the 10 Top Tips intervention on a 5-point Likert scale) at baseline and 3-month follow-up<br> 3. Dietary intake was measured online using validated food frequency questionnaires (assessing fruit and vegetable; sweet snack and sugar-sweetened drinks intake on a 7-point Likert scale) at baseline and 3-month follow-up.<br> 4. Fat intake was measured online using the dietary fat scale from the validated Dietary Instrument for Nutrition Education (DINE) at baseline and 3-month follow-up.<br>