From efficacy to effectiveness: Lessons learned from the Practice-Based Opportunities for Weight Reduction (POWER) trial

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-216

  Jerome, Gerald J ^a,b   Rubin, Richard R ^a   Clark, Jeanne M ^a,c,d   Dalcin, Arlene ^a   Coughlin, Janelle W ^a   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^a,c,d   Miller, Edgar R ^a,c   Wang, Nae Yuh ^a,c,e   Louis, Thomas A ^e   Durkin, Nowella ^a   Charleston, Jeanne ^a   Daumit, Gail L ^a,c,d   Appel, Lawrence J ^a,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative effectiveness; obesity; primary care; weight loss

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84886945295     PISSN: 20426305     EISSN: 20426313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/cer.12.18     Document Type: Review

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