Weight management by phone conference call: A comparison with a traditional face-to-face clinic. Rationale and design for a randomized equivalence trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1044-1055

  Lambourne, Kate ^a   Washburn, Richard A ^a   Gibson, Cheryl ^b   Sullivan, Debra K ^a   Goetz, Jeannine ^a   Lee, Robert ^a   Smith, Bryan K ^c   Mayo, Matthew S ^b   Donnelly, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conference call; Equivalence trial; Physical activity; Pre packaged meals; Weight loss; Weight regain prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; OBESITY; PHONE CONFERENCE CALL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TELECONSULTATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEPHONE; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864295924     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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