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Feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of a mobile health (mHealth) weight management programme for New Zealand adults

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Obesity, July 2014
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Title
Feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of a mobile health (mHealth) weight management programme for New Zealand adults
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BMC Obesity, July 2014
DOI 10.1186/2052-9538-1-10
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Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Robyn Whittaker, Hayden McRobbie, Kylie Ball, David Crawford, Jo Michie, Yannan Jiang, Ralph Maddison, Wilma Waterlander, Katie Myers

Abstract

Mobile health (mHealth) behaviour change programmes use mobile phones and the internet to deliver health information and behaviour change support to participants. Such programmes offer a potentially cost-effective way to reach many individuals who do not currently access weight loss services. We developed a mHealth weight management programme using proven face-to-face behaviour change techniques and incorporating target population input. Our aim was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of this programme for ethnically diverse adults with a view to informing a larger trial. Fifty three adults who had a BMI of ≥25 kg/m(2) and wanted to lose weight (81% female, mean age 42 years, mean BMI 35.7 kg/m(2), 26% Maori, 34% Pacific) received the eight-week mHealth weight loss programme. Anthropometric measures were taken at two face-to-face assessments at baseline and 12-weeks (i.e. four weeks after cessation of intervention). Twelve-week follow-up measurements were available for 36/53 participants (68%). Non-completers were younger and more likely to be male and of Pacific ethnicity. Thirty five participants (66%) reported reading 'all or most' text messages sent and 96% responded to at least one text data collection question over the eight-week active intervention period. Eighty one per cent of participants logged in to the study website at least once during the eight-week study period. In the intention-to-treat analysis, mean weight change was -1.0 kg (SD 3.1) at 12 weeks (p = 0.024) and change in BMI was -0.34 kg/m(2) (SD 1.1) (p = 0.026). In the completers only analysis (n = 36), mean weight change was -1.4 kg (SD 3.6) (p = 0.023) and change in BMI was -0.50 kg/m(2) (SD 1.3) (p = 0.025). A mHealth weight management programme is feasible to deliver to an ethnically diverse population. Changes in body weight and BMI at 12 weeks indicate that the programme could be effective in supporting people with weight loss. However, the high dropout rate indicates a need for further improvements to the programme. ACTRN12612000850875.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 1 1%
South Africa 1 1%
Unknown 74 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 21%
Researcher 9 12%
Student > Bachelor 7 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 4%
Other 11 14%
Unknown 13 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 18 24%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 12%
Computer Science 8 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 7%
Social Sciences 5 7%
Other 13 17%
Unknown 18 24%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 August 2014.
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#4,310,162
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#54
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#41,990
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Obesity
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