Evidence mapPaperPMID 38017117Full record

Trial reportInternational journal of obesity (2005)2024

Efficacy of an app-based multimodal lifestyle intervention on body weight in persons with obesity: results from a randomized controlled trial.

Kathrin Gemesi, Stefanie Winkler, Susanne Schmidt-Tesch, Florian Schederecker, Hans Hauner, Christina Holzapfel

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Trial report in International journal of obesity (2005), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kathrin GemesiInstitute for Nutritional Medicine, School of Medicine & Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5179-6366
Stefanie WinklerInstitute for Nutritional Medicine, School of Medicine & Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Susanne Schmidt-TeschInstitute for Nutritional Medicine, School of Medicine & Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Florian SchedereckerChair of Epidemiology, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, School of Medicine & Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5222-2348
Hans Hauner *Institute for Nutritional Medicine, School of Medicine & Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1682-5088
Christina Holzapfel *Institute for Nutritional Medicine, School of Medicine & Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. christina.holzapfel@tum.de.ORCID 0000-0002-0155-9338
Technical University of Munich · DEFresenius (Germany) · DEFulda University of Applied Sciences · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite an increasing number of smartphone applications (apps) addressing weight management, data on the effect of app-based multimodal obesity treatment approaches on weight loss is limited. This study aimed to examine the effect of a digital multimodal weight loss intervention program delivered by an app on body weight in persons with obesity.

methodsFor this single-centre randomized controlled study, 168 adults with a body mass index (BMI) between 30.0 and 40.0 kg/m

results64.3% of study participants were women, mean age was 46.8 ± 11.0 years, and mean BMI was 34.2 ± 2.8 kg/m

conclusionsApplication of a multimodal app-based weight loss program results in moderate weight loss in persons with obesity.

trial registrationThis study was registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (Registration number: DRKS00025291).

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Mobile ApplicationsAdultFemaleHumansLife StyleMaleMiddle AgedObesityQuality of LifeWeight Loss

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PMID38017117
PMCPMC10746538
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