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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Efficacy of a Multi-component m-Health Weight-loss Intervention in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Mitch J Duncan, Sasha Fenton, Wendy J Brown, Clare E Collins, Nicholas Glozier, Gregory S Kolt, Elizabeth G Holliday, Philip J Morgan, Beatrice Murawski, Ronald C Plotnikoff and 4 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. A meta-analysis of eHealth interventions to promote physical activity in young, middle-aged, and late middle-aged adults with obesity or overweight.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Mitch J DuncanSchool of Medicine & Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9166-6195
Sasha FentonSchool of Medicine & Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4611-5810
Wendy J BrownSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9093-4509
Clare E CollinsPriority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3298-756X
Nicholas GlozierBrain and Mind Centre, Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney, 94 Mallett St, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0476-9146
Gregory S KoltSchool of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9223-3324
Elizabeth G HollidaySchool of Medicine & Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
Philip J MorganPriority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5632-8529
Beatrice MurawskiSchool of Medicine & Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
Ronald C PlotnikoffPriority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
Anna T RaywardPriority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
Emmanuel StamatakisCharles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Sydney 2006, Australia.
Corneel VandelanottePhysical Activity Research Group, Appleton Institute, School of Health, Medical and Applied Science, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4700, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4445-8094
Tracy L BurrowsPriority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1431-7864

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study compared the efficacy of two multi-component m-health interventions with a wait-list control group on body weight (primary outcome), and secondary outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors, lifestyle behaviours, and mental health.

methodsThree-arm randomised controlled trial (Enhanced: physical activity, diet, sleep, Traditional: physical activity, diet, Control) with assessments conducted at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Participants (

resultsNineteen participants (16.4%) formally withdrew from the trial. Compared with the Control group, average body weight of the Pooled Intervention group did not differ at 6 (between-group difference = -0.92, (95% CI -3.33, 1.48)) or 12 months (0.00, (95% CI -2.62, 2.62)). Compared with the Control group, the Pooled Intervention group significantly increased resistance training (OR = 7.83, (95% CI 1.08, 56.63)) and reduced energy intake at 6 months (-1037.03, (-2028.84, -45.22)), and improved insomnia symptoms at 12 months (-2.59, (-4.79, -0.39)). Compared with the Traditional group, the Enhanced group had increased waist circumferences (2.69, (0.20, 5.18)) and sedentary time at 6 months (105.66, (30.83, 180.48)), and improved bed time variability at 12 months (-1.08, (-1.86, -0.29)). No other significant differences were observed between groups.

conclusionsRelative to Controls, the Pooled Intervention groups did not differ on body weight but improved resistance training, and reduced energy intake and insomnia symptom severity. No additional weight loss was apparent when targeting improvements in physical activity, diet and sleep in combination compared with physical activity and diet.

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PMID32859100
PMCPMC7503928

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