The project investigates the effect of the health app Lifeness as a digital therapeutic (DTx) and follow-up tool in a municipal setting at a regional Healthy Lives Center in central Norway (Frisklivssentralen Værnesregionen), targeting early intervention for overweight and obesity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
37
Behavioral intervention for lifestyle change
Full access to DTx function in the app, and digital follow up/communication with helthcare professionals at the Healthy Lives Center
Basic access to the app (daily logging functions). No digital follow up or communication with healthcare professionals at the Healthy Lives Center.
Frisklivssentralen Værnesregionen
Stjørdal, Trøndelag, Norway
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
Body weight
Body weight, and weight circumference, will be measured with standard proceduress (medically approved digital Seca scale (kg), and standard measuring band (cm)) wearing light clothing at baseline and after 12 weeks.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Eating behavior and hedonic appetite
Validated quistionaires assessing hedonic appetite and eating behavior will be measured at baseline and after 12 weeks: Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), Three Factor Eating Questonnaire (TFEQ), and the Power of Food Scale (PFS).
Time frame: 12 weeks
Weight related quality of life
A validated quistionaire assessing weight-related quality of life (IWQOL-Lite) will be handed out at baseline and after 12 weeks
Time frame: 12 weeks
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