PDA+: A Personal Digital Assistant for Obesity Treatment - An RCT testing the use of technology to enhance weight loss treatment for veterans

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Duncan, Jennifer M ^a,b   Janke, E Amy ^a,c   Kozak, Andrea T ^d   Roehrig, Megan ^a,b   Russell, Stephanie W ^a,b   McFadden, H Gene ^a,b   Demott, Andrew ^a,b   Pictor, Alex ^a,b   Hedeker, Don ^e   Spring, Bonnie ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^d OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; OBESITY; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PAIN; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79953769382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-223     Document Type: Article

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