Use the Back button in your browser to see the other results of your search or to select another record.

Detailed Search Results

Behavioral mediators of treatment effects in the weight loss maintenance trial
Coughlin JW, Gullion CM, Brantley PJ, Stevens VJ, Bauck A, Champagne CM, Dalcin AT, Funk KL, Hollis JF, Jerome GJ, Lien LF, Loria CM, Myers VH, Appel LJ
Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2013 Dec;46(3):369-381
clinical trial
5/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: Yes; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

BACKGROUND: The weight loss maintenance trial tested strategies for maintenance of weight loss. Personal contact was superior to interactive technology and self-directed conditions. PURPOSE: We aimed to identify behavioral mediators of the superior effect of personal contact versus interactive technology and of personal contact versus self-directed arms. METHODS: Overweight/obese adults at risk for cardiovascular disease (n = 1,032) who lost at least 4 kg were randomized to personal contact, interactive technology, or self-directed. After 30 months, 880 participants had data on weight and behavioral strategies. RESULTS: Reported increase of intake of fruits and vegetables and physical activity and more frequent self-weighing met criteria as mediators of the better outcome of personal contact versus interactive technology. Increased intake of fruits and vegetables, more frequent self-weighing, and decreased dessert consumption were mediators of the difference between personal contact versus self-directed. CONCLUSION: Inducing changes in the identified behaviors might yield better outcomes in future weight loss maintenance trials. (ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT00054925).

Full text (sometimes free) may be available at these link(s):      help