Lifestyle changes often fail due to loss of motivation. Telemedicine and personal coaching have the potential to support lifestyle change and weight loss. Therefore, the aim of our randomized controlled trial was to examine the effect of telemedicine with and without coaching in comparison to a control group on weight loss in overweight participants.
In an occupational health care setting overweight employees were randomized into a three arm 12-week trial. Participants in the telemedical (TM) and telemedical coaching (TMC) group got a weighing machine and a step counter, with automatic transfer into a personalized online portal, which could be monitored from both, the participant and the study centre. The TMC group weekly got care calls from the study centre aiming to discuss measured data and to fix target agreements. The control group remained in routine care. Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to determine if differences (baseline vs. after 12 weeks) were significantly different from 0 and ANOVA test for determination of inter group differences.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
180
West-German Centre of Diabetes and Health
Düsseldorf, Germany
weight loss
Weight will be measured at baseline and after 12 weeks
Time frame: 12 weeks
cardiometabolic risk factors
Body mass index \[kg/m2\], waist circumference \[cm\], blood pressure \[mmHg\], triglycerides \[mg/dl\], HbA1c \[%\], total, HDL and LDL cholesterol \[mg/dl\]
Time frame: 12 weeks
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