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Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2024

Coach access to digital self-monitoring data: an experimental test of short-term effects in behavioral weight-loss treatment.

Meghan L Butryn, Nicole A Miller, Charlotte J Hagerman, Danielle Arigo, Erica LaFata, Fengqing Zhang, Bonnie Spring, Evan Forman

Erratum issuedAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Meghan L ButrynCenter for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5573-5707
Nicole A MillerCenter for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9639-7660
Charlotte J HagermanCenter for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-8444
Danielle ArigoDepartment of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA.
Erica LaFataCenter for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8505-6366
Fengqing ZhangDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bonnie SpringDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0692-9868
Evan FormanCenter for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7233-1384

Funding

New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research - Translational Intervention Methodology CoreP30DK111022 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI JEFFREY GONZALEZ · 2016 to 2026
$7.8M
Opt-IN: Optimizing INtensive Lifestyle Intervention for Weight LossR01DK097364 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI COLLINS, LINDA M, SPRING, BONNIE · 2012 to 2016
$3.0M
Sharing Digital Self-Monitoring Data with Others to Enhance Long-Term Weight Loss: A Randomized Trial using a Factorial DesignR01DK129300 · NIDDK · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI BUTRYN, MEGHAN · 2021 to 2025
$3.0M
SMARTer weight loss managementR01DK134629 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Bonnie Spring · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
A Paradigm Shift in Health Behavior Change: Understanding When and How Social Comparison Supports Healthy BehaviorDP2HL173857 · NHLBI · ROWAN UNIVERSITY · PI Danielle Arigo · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS DP2 HL173857NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK111022NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK097364NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK129300NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK129300NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK134629
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study experimentally tested whether coach access to participants' digital self-monitoring data improved behavioral weight-loss outcomes.

methodsParticipants (N = 322) received 12 weeks of group-based behavioral weight-loss sessions via videoconference and were instructed to engage in daily self-monitoring of weight, physical activity (PA), and dietary intake. For participants who were randomly assigned to Coach Share ON (n = 161), coaches regularly accessed a web-based portal that displayed data from the participants' scale, PA sensor, and food record.

resultsWeight loss at 12 weeks was significantly greater in Coach Share ON versus OFF (6.2% vs. 5.3%; p = 0.04). Self-monitoring of PA (98.70% vs. 97.40% of days; p = 0.006) and eating (98.05% vs. 93.51% of days; p = 0.007) was more frequent in Coach Share ON versus OFF. There were no significant differences by condition in PA (p = 0.57), attendance (p = 0.42), working alliance (p = 0.62), or self-monitoring of weight (p = 0.12). Perceived supportive accountability was significantly greater in Coach Share ON versus OFF (p < 0.001).

conclusionsThe short-term efficacy of behavioral weight loss was greater when coaches had direct access to self-monitoring device data. Notably, there also was no evidence of iatrogenic effects of data sharing.

Indexed as

ExerciseObesityWeight LossAdultBehavior TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMentoringMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeWeight Reduction Programs

Identifiers

PMID39358838
PMCPMC11537830

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