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Trial reportClinical obesity2021

Testing the short-term effectiveness of primary care referral to online weight loss programmes: A randomised controlled trial.

Michaela Noreik, Claire D Madigan, Nerys M Astbury, Rhiannon M Edwards, Ushma Galal, Jill Mollison, Fitsum Ghebretinsea, Susan A Jebb

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Clinical obesity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Michaela NoreikNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-6500
Claire D MadiganNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6782-0017
Nerys M AstburyNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9301-7458
Rhiannon M EdwardsNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.
Ushma GalalNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.
Jill MollisonNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.
Fitsum GhebretinseaNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.
Susan A JebbNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK.

Funding

NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Guidelines ask health professionals to offer brief advice to encourage weight loss for people living with obesity. We tested whether referral to one of three online programmes could lead to successful weight loss. A total of 528 participants aged ≥18 years with a body mass index of ≥30 kg/m

Indexed as

Weight LossWeight Reduction ProgramsAdolescentAdultHumansObesityPrimary Health CareReferral and Consultationdigital interventiondigital weight loss programmesobesity

Identifiers

PMID34612589
PMCPMC9285966

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