Effectiveness of home-centered care through telemedicine applications for overweight and obese patients: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract

Home-centered, intense treatment through the use of telemedicine can be effective in improving short-term obesity outcomes.

Technology-based interventions in the treatment of overweight and obesity: A systematic review

“…Most studies were conducted in the United States of America (N ¼ 18) (Agras et al, 1990;Allen et al, 2013;Appel et al, 2011;Burke et al, 2012;Cadmus-Bertram et al, 2013;Chambliss et al, 2011;Goulis et al, 2004;Harvey-Berino et al, 2010;Haugen et al, 2007;Herring Jeffery et al, 2003;Johnston et al, 2012;Napolitano et al, 2013;Norman et al, 2013;Sherwood et al, 2006Sherwood et al, , 2010Shuger et al, 2011;Svetkey et al, 2008). Four studies were conducted in Australia (Blomfield et al, 2014;Collins et al, 2012;Hutchesson et al, 2014;Morgan et al, 2011), one study in China (Lin et al, 2014), one study in Japan (Tanaka et al, 2010), one study in the United Kingdom (Donaldson et al, 2014) and two studies in Germany (Luley et al, 2011;Mehring et al, 2013).…”

“…The total sample size was N ¼ 5747. The majority of the studies were randomised controlled trials (RCT's) (Agras et al, 1990;Allen et al, 2013;Appel et al, 2011;Blomfield et al, 2014;Burke et al, 2012;Cadmus-Bertram et al, 2013;Chambliss et al, 2011;Collins et al, 2012;Donaldson et al, 2014;Goulis et al, 2004;Harvey-Berino et al, 2010;Herring et al, 2014;Hutchesson et al, 2014;Jeffery et al, 2003;Johnston et al, 2012;Lin et al, 2014;Luley et al, 2011;Morgan et al, 2011;Napolitano et al, 2013;Norman et al, 2013;Sherwood et al, 2006Sherwood et al, , 2010Shuger et al, 2011;Svetkey et al, 2008;Tanaka et al, 2010). One study was a cluster-randomised trial (Mehring et al, 2013), one study a quasiexperiment (Haugen et al, 2007) and one a controlled cohort study (Donaldson et al, 2014).…”

“…Four studies were excluded because the control group received an intervention with technology aspect (Carter, Burley, Nykjaer, & Cade, 2013;Laing et al, 2014;Shaw et al, 2013;Steinberg, Levine, Askew, Foley, & Bennett, 2013). Twenty-seven trials met inclusion criteria (Agras, Taylor, Feldman, Losch, & Burnett, 1990;Allen, Stephens, Dennison Himmelfarb, Stewart, & Hauck, 2013;Appel et al, 2011;Blomfield et al, 2014;Burke et al, 2012;Cadmus-Bertram et al, 2013;Chambliss et al, 2011;Collins et al, 2012;Donaldson, Fallows, & Morris, 2014;Goulis et al, 2004;Harvey-Berino et al, 2010;Haugen, Tran, Wyatt, Barry, & Hill, 2007;Herring, Cruice, Bennett, Davey, & Foster, 2014;Hutchesson et al, 2014;Jeffery et al, 2003;Johnston, Massey, & DeVaneaux, 2012;Lin et al, 2014;Luley, Blaik, Reschke, Klose, & Westphal, 2011;Mehring et al, 2013;Morgan, Lubans, Collins, Warren, & Callister, 2011;Napolitano, Hayes, Bennett, Ives, & Foster, 2013;Norman, Kolodziejczyk, Adams, Patrick, & Marshall, 2013;Sherwood et al, 2006;Sherwood, Jeffery, Welsh, Vanwormer, & Hotop, 2010;Shuger et al, 2011;Svetkey et al, 2008;Tanaka, Adachi, Adachi, & Sato, 2010) and were included in this review. The total study selection process is shown in Fig.…”

Clinical Psychology and Medicine for the Treatment of Obesity in Out-patient Settings: The TECNOB Project

“…Telecare can be carried out with tools such as web-sites, e-mail, chat lines, videoconference, telephone and mobile phones (Castelnuovo, Gaggioli, Mantovani, & Riva, 2003). As already indicated in several studies (Cline & Wong, 1999;Goulis, et al, 2004;Jeffery, et al, 2003;Maglaveras, et al, 2002;Rice, 2005) and in various reviews (Neve, Morgan, Jones, & Collins, 2009;Saperstein, Atkinson, & Gold, 2007;Weinstein, 2006), behavioral treatments delivered through the internet (web-site and e-mail) may be valid alternatives to reduce expensive and time-consuming clinical visits.…”

Editorial: Ebesity – E-Health for Obesity – New Technologies for the Treatment of Obesity In Clinical Psychology and Medicine

“…There is a significant interest in the employment of new technologies and devices in order to obtain better results in weightreduction programs: this literature has grown strongly over recent years (Riva et al, 2001, Riva et al, 2002, Simpson et al, 2002, Jeffery et al, 2003, Riva et al, 2003, Simpson et al, 2003, Castelnuovo et al, 2004, Goulis et al, 2004, Sherwood et al, 2006, Haugen et al, 2007, Joo and Kim, 2007, Wister et al, 2007, Kim and Kim, 2008, Krukowski et al, 2008, Morak et al, 2008, Schiel et al, 2008, Shaikh et al, 2008, McTigue et al, 2009, Park et al, 2009, Castelnuovo, 2010.…”