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

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1391-1398

  Goulis, D G ^a,e   Giaglis, G D ^a,b   Boren, S A ^c   Lekka, I ^b   Bontis, E ^b   Balas, E A ^d   Maglaveras, N ^b   Avramides, A ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Follow up; Management; Quality of life; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 8344251725     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802773     Document Type: Article

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