Treating rural paediatric obesity through telemedicine vs. telephone: Outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 86-95

  Davis, Ann M ^a,b   Sampilo, Marilyn ^b,c   Gallagher, Katherine Steiger ^d   Dean, Kelsey ^a   Saroja, M Baby ^e   Yu, Qing ^a   He, Jianghua ^a   Sporn, Nora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Children s Healthy Lifestyles Nutrition   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Obesity; randomized controlled trial; weight management

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; EXERCISE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84960093632     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357633X15586642     Document Type: Article

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