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ArticleJMIR formative research2024

Impact of a Health Coach-Led, Text-Based Digital Behavior Change Intervention on Weight Loss and Psychological Well-Being in Patients Receiving a Procedureless Intragastric Balloon Program: Prospective Single-Arm Study.

Paul M Sacher, Emily Fulton, Victoria Rogers, Julia Wilson, Marco Gramatica, Jennifer E Dent, Edo O Aarts, David Eccleston, Jan Willem Greve, Inge Palm-Meinders and 1 more

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Article in JMIR formative research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05884606 (A Prospective Pilot Study of the Allurion Digital Behaviour Change Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT05884606 nacompletednot on this map

A Prospective Pilot Study of the Allurion Digital Behaviour Change Intervention

TypeinterventionalSponsorAllurion TechnologiesRan2021 to 2022Enrolled107ConditionsObesityArmsAllurion Digital Behaviour Change Intervention
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Paul M SacherAllurion Technologies Inc, Natick, MA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4374-7310
Emily FultonAllurion Technologies Inc, Natick, MA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5979-3207
Victoria RogersAllurion Technologies Inc, Natick, MA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3756-8134
Julia WilsonAllurion Technologies Inc, Natick, MA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0643-6354
Marco GramaticaAllurion Technologies Inc, Natick, MA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6374-0933
Jennifer E DentAllurion Technologies Inc, Natick, MA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2448-1788
Edo O AartsAllurion Kliniek, Hilversum, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9198-9181
David EcclestonMediZen, Birmingham, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0310-326X
Jan Willem GreveNederlandse Obesitas Kliniek (Dutch Obesity Clinic), Huis Ter Heide, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8202-7076
Inge Palm-MeindersNederlandse Obesitas Kliniek (Dutch Obesity Clinic), Huis Ter Heide, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4330-9385
Ram ChuttaniAllurion Technologies Inc, Natick, MA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1942-1078

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDigital health interventions show promise for weight management. However, few text-based behavior change interventions have been designed to support patients receiving intragastric balloons, and none have simultaneously evaluated weight loss, psychological well-being, and behavior change despite the crucial interplay of these factors in weight management.

objectiveThis study aims to assess whether a health coach-led, asynchronous, text-based digital behavior change coaching intervention (DBCCI) delivered to participants receiving an intragastric balloon and its aftercare program was feasible and acceptable to participants and supported improved outcomes, including weight loss, psychological well-being, and lifestyle behavior change conducive to weight loss maintenance.

methodsThis 12-month, single-arm prospective study enrolled adults aged 21 to 65 years with BMI ≥27 kg/m

resultsOverall, 107 participants (n=96, 89.7% female; mean baseline BMI 35.4, SD 5.4 kg/m

conclusionsThis study provides evidence that the health coach-led, asynchronous, text-based DBCCI was engaging and acceptable to participants with overweight and obesity. The DBCCI, delivered alongside the PIGB and its aftercare program, supported improved weight loss outcomes and psychological well-being versus baseline and was associated with lifestyle behavior changes known to help achieve and maintain long-term weight loss and improved health outcomes. Follow-up findings suggest a potential need for longer-term, more intense coaching to focus on weight loss maintenance and support ongoing self-coaching. This could be achieved by leveraging generative artificial intelligence to provide ongoing automated behavior change coaching support to augment human-led care.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05884606; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05884606.

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behavior changedigital healthhealth coachingintragastric balloonmobile phoneobesityweight managementwell-being

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PMID39083340
PMCPMC11325120

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