Efficacy of mHealth Applications in Weight Management in a Population Affected by Overweight or Obesity
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Self-efficacy in weight management assessed by Weight Management and Nutrition Knowledge questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of mobile health applications in improving health outcomes in patients with overweight and obesity. This study will involve a 6-month long commitment where participants will be expected to use an mHealth app daily, weigh themselves and check their fasting blood glucose levels every morning.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 64 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Between the age of 18-64
- •Owns or has access to a bathroom weight scale
- •Owns a smartphone and willing to download mobile app
排除标准
- •On medications that promote weight gain such as antipsychotic, antidepressant, and steroid hormone medications.
- •Medications for diabetes such as insulin, thiazolidinediones or sulfonylureas are okay
结局指标
主要结局
Self-efficacy in weight management assessed by Weight Management and Nutrition Knowledge questionnaire
时间窗: 3 months
Compare and determine which intervention promotes self-efficacy in weight management. Reporting will be on a scale of 0-100, with higher scores indicating higher self-efficacy
Effectiveness of mHealth apps at changing bodyweight assessed by bodyweight measurements over 6 months
时间窗: 3 months
Determine if the mhealth app is an effective weight loss modality compared to standard weight loss program (control) Outcome measure will be body weight in kg
Long-term change in diabetes via fasting blood glucose
时间窗: 3 months
Compare and determine which intervention elicits the most change towards diabetes via fasting blood glucose Outcome measure will be fasting blood glucose
Quality of Life after using mHealth apps assessed by World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF questionnaire
时间窗: 3 months
Comparing the two arms to determine which leads to greater quality of life (QOL) Measures will be reported on a scale of 1-5 across four domains. Scores will be converted to a scale of 0-100
次要结局
未报告次要终点