Impact of Mobile Phone Texting Service to Support Weight Loss

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-04-28

Study Completion Date

2018-11-30

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates the efficacy of a mobile telehealth short message service as a facilitator for weight management. Half of the participants will receive a standard care weight management group intervention, while the other half will receive daily text messages via their mobile phone to help facilitate weight loss. It is hypothesized that the intervention group receiving text messages will be as successful as the control group at achieving weight loss over a 3-month period.

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Detailed Description

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Obesity, a chronic progressive disease, has become a major public health concern due to its increasing prevalence and association with many adverse health conditions including type 2 diabetes, many cancers and heart disease. The number of individuals requiring weight management intervention is increasing necessitating the need to explore other initiatives.

Developments in health technology are growing in popularity and there is increasing evidence that this type of intervention for obesity can significantly improve clinical outcomes. Mobile phones are a popular means of communication that provide a convenient, inexpensive means to deliver a health technology intervention.Short message service (SMS) by mobile phone has the potential to serve as an intervention medium to promote weight loss that is accessible and easy to use.

Conditions

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Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Short Message Text Service

Participants receive short messages daily via their mobile phone

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Short Message Text Service

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A service designed by professionals inside the National Health Service (NHS) to provide support and advice for participants to manage weight loss. It combines the expertise of the healthcare team and the convenience of the participant's own mobile phone to give prompts and advice to act on. It makes use of the familiar and convenient mobile phone text service 'SMS' to communicate directly with participants.

Standard Weight Management Group

Participants attend standard group weight management sessions

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard Weight Management Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A standard Lothian NHS group programme facilitated by a Dietitian

Interventions

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Short Message Text Service

A service designed by professionals inside the National Health Service (NHS) to provide support and advice for participants to manage weight loss. It combines the expertise of the healthcare team and the convenience of the participant's own mobile phone to give prompts and advice to act on. It makes use of the familiar and convenient mobile phone text service 'SMS' to communicate directly with participants.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard Weight Management Group

A standard Lothian NHS group programme facilitated by a Dietitian

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Body mass index \> 35kg/m requiring to lose weight for an operation or having a co-morbidity including diabetes, osteoarthritis, high cholesterol, asthma, heart disease, high blood pressure or sleep apnoea or with a body mass \>40kg/m with no co-morbidities.
* Own a mobile phone
* Have the ability to use short message service
* Have access to weighing scales
* Mentally capable of informed consent
* Have the ability to read and speak English

Exclusion Criteria

* Uncontrolled Hypothyroidism
* Poorly controlled psychiatric illness
* Current alcohol or drug abuse
* Learning disability
* Do not own a mobile phone
* Do not have access to weighing scales
* Does not have the ability to read or speak English

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No