Economic evaluation of a weight control program with e-mail and telephone counseling among overweight employees: A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  van Wier, Marieke F ^a   Dekkers, J C ^a,b   Bosmans, Judith E ^a,c   Heymans, Martijn W ^a,c   Hendriksen, Ingrid J M ^a,d   Pronk, Nicolaas P ^e   van Mechelen, Willem ^a   van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Medical and Health Service of The Hague   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Distance counseling; Intervention; Lifestyle; RCT; Workplace health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; TELECONSULTATION; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TELEPHONE; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84865959183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-112     Document Type: Article

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