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Age: 49.8 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.4)
Gender: 68 females/48 males
Time since diagnosis of Obesity: N/A
Severity of the disease: 30.8 (+/- a standard deviation of 3.5)
Multi-morbidity: N/A
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Application of telemedicine in obesity management
Author: Tarraga Marcos, M. L.
Country/countries: Spain
Number of patients participating in the study: 120
This study was focused on patients living with Obesity
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus
Intervention components: UCP
See more Setting of implementation: Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours
See more Setting of implementation: Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours
Components
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques
Intervention components: E+MT
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital), Virtual location Professionals delivering the intervention: Health professional, Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Device management, Eating behaviours, Self-monitoring
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital), Virtual location Professionals delivering the intervention: Health professional, Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Device management, Eating behaviours, Self-monitoring
Components
Education (E)
Monitoring techniques (MT)
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Outcomes measured in the study
Outcome | Measure | Tool |
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Weight management | Weight (Kgs/lbs) | N/A |
Weight management | BMI - Body Mass Index | N/A |
Weight management | Waist size | N/A |
Patient characteristics
Number of co-morbidities: N/A
Tool: N/A
Risk of Bias of this study
Outcome | Random sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding performance | Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment | Attrition incomplete outcome | Incorrect statistical methods | Recruitment bias | Selective outcome reporting |
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Weight management - Weight (Kgs/lbs) | ||||||||
Weight management - BMI - Body Mass Index | ||||||||
Weight management - Waist size |
Learn more about the intervention: Monitoring techniques
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Related cost-effectiveness analysis |
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Related contextual analysis |
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