Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2023
Effects of Smartphone-Based Remote Interventions on Dietary Intake, Physical Activity, Weight Control, and Related Health Benefits Among the Older Population With Overweight and Obesity in China: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Journal of medical Internet research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07400549 (Prospective Exploratory Study on the Comprehensive Application Effectiveness of Exercise Prescription Decision Support Tools in the Management of Patients With "Four Highs"), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Prospective Exploratory Study on the Comprehensive Application Effectiveness of Exercise Prescription Decision Support Tools in the Management of Patients With "Four Highs" (Hypertension, Hyperglycemia, Hyperlipidemia, Hyperuricemia)
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Smartphone application-based interventions for cardiometabolic risk factor management: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Pooled it
- Mobile Apps to Improve Health Parameters in Healthy Adults: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of digital health interventions for telemedicine/telehealth for managing blood pressure in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Pooled it
- Smartphone application-based intervention to lower blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Pooled it
- Mobile health (m-health) smartphone interventions for adolescents and adults with overweight or obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of an Exercise Intervention Based on mHealth Technology on the Physical Health of Male University Students With Overweight and Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- A digital-health multidomain lifestyle management framework and its associations with cardiometabolic health: a real-world observational study.BMC medicine · 2026Observational
- Guideline-Based Digital Exercise Interventions for Reducing Body Weight and Fat and Promoting Physical Activity in Adults With Overweight and Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Interactive journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Smartphones and Web 2.0. interventions for weight management.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Review
- An Online Multimodal Food Data Exploration Platform for Specific Population Health: Development Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Association of Wearable Device-Measured Step Volume and Variability With Blood Pressure in Older Chinese Adults: Mobile-Based Longitudinal Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Observational
- [Analysis of the interruptions generated by the use of smartphones among Primary Care Health professionals].Atencion primaria · 2024Article
- Can Digital Technologies Be Useful for Weight Loss in Individuals with Overweight or Obesity? A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundTraditional health management requires many human and material resources and cannot meet the growing needs. Remote medical technology provides an opportunity for health management; however, the research on it is insufficient.
objectiveThe objective of this study was to assess the effects of remote interventions on weight management.
methodsIn this randomized controlled study, 750 participants were randomly assigned to a remote dietary and physical activity intervention group (group DPI), remote physical activity intervention group (group PI), or control group (group C). At baseline (time 1), day 45 (time 2), and day 90 (time 3), data were collected, including data on dietary intake, physical activity, indexes related to weight control, and health benefits.
resultsA total of 85.6% (642/750) of participants completed the follow-up. Compared with group C, group DPI showed a significant decrease in energy intake (-581 vs -82 kcal; P<.05), protein intake (-17 vs -3 g; P<.05), fat intake (-8 vs 3 g; P<.05), and carbohydrate intake (-106.5 vs -4.7 g; P<.05) at time 3. Compared with time 1, groups DPI and PI showed a significant decrease in cereal and potato intake (P<.05). Compared with time 1, the physical activity levels related to transportation (group PI: 693 vs 597 metabolic equivalent [MET]-min/week, group C: 693 vs 594 MET-min/week; P<.05) and housework and gardening (group PI: 11 vs 0 MET-min/week, group C: 11 vs 4 MET-min/week; P<.05) in groups PI and C were improved at time 3. Compared with groups PI and C, group DPI showed a significant decrease in weight (-1.56 vs -0.86 kg and -1.56 vs -0.66 kg, respectively; P<.05) and BMI (-0.61 vs -0.33 kg/m
conclusionsRemote dietary and physical activity interventions can improve dietary intake among participants with overweight and obesity, are beneficial for weight control, and have potential health benefits.
trial registrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR1900023355; https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=38976.
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