Early outcomes of referrals to the English National Health Service Digital Weight Management Programme
<p><strong>Objective</p></strong> The study objective was to assess participant weight change for the English National Health Service (NHS) Digital Weight Management Programme, the first such digital intervention to achieve population coverage. <p><strong>Method...
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| author | Taylor, K Indulkar, T Thompson, B Pinkard, C Barron, E Frost, T Jayawardane, P Davies, N Bakhai, C Forouhi, NG Aveyard, P Jebb, S Valabhji, J |
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<p><strong>Objective</p></strong>
The study objective was to assess participant weight change for the English National Health Service (NHS) Digital Weight Management Programme, the first such digital intervention to achieve population coverage.
<p><strong>Methods</p></strong>
A service evaluation was used to assess intervention effectiveness for adults with obesity and a diagnosis of hypertension and/or diabetes, between April 2021 and March 2022, using prospectively collected, national service–level data in England.
<p><strong>Results</p></strong>
Of the 63,937 referrals made from general practices, within the time period, 31,861 (50%) chose to take up the 12-week Programme. There were 31,718 participants who had time to finish the Programme; of those, 14,268 completed the Programme (defined as attending ≥60%), a 45% completion rate. The mean weight change for those who had time to finish the Programme was −2.2 kg (95% CI: −2.25 to −2.16), for those who completed it was −3.9 kg (95% CI: −3.99 to −3.84), and for those who had time to finish the Programme but did not complete it was −0.74 kg (95% CI: −0.79 to −0.70).
<p><strong>Conclusions</p></strong>
The NHS Digital Weight Management Programme is effective at achieving clinically meaningful weight loss. The outcomes compare favorably to web-based weight management interventions tested in randomized trials and those delivered as face-to-face interventions, and results suggest that the approach may, with increased participation, bring population-level benefits.
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:eeb38ced-89cf-49f6-b037-43584b353f9e2024-06-03T15:03:30ZEarly outcomes of referrals to the English National Health Service Digital Weight Management ProgrammeJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:eeb38ced-89cf-49f6-b037-43584b353f9eEnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2024Taylor, KIndulkar, TThompson, BPinkard, CBarron, EFrost, TJayawardane, PDavies, NBakhai, CForouhi, NGAveyard, PJebb, SValabhji, J <p><strong>Objective</p></strong> The study objective was to assess participant weight change for the English National Health Service (NHS) Digital Weight Management Programme, the first such digital intervention to achieve population coverage. <p><strong>Methods</p></strong> A service evaluation was used to assess intervention effectiveness for adults with obesity and a diagnosis of hypertension and/or diabetes, between April 2021 and March 2022, using prospectively collected, national service–level data in England. <p><strong>Results</p></strong> Of the 63,937 referrals made from general practices, within the time period, 31,861 (50%) chose to take up the 12-week Programme. There were 31,718 participants who had time to finish the Programme; of those, 14,268 completed the Programme (defined as attending ≥60%), a 45% completion rate. The mean weight change for those who had time to finish the Programme was −2.2 kg (95% CI: −2.25 to −2.16), for those who completed it was −3.9 kg (95% CI: −3.99 to −3.84), and for those who had time to finish the Programme but did not complete it was −0.74 kg (95% CI: −0.79 to −0.70). <p><strong>Conclusions</p></strong> The NHS Digital Weight Management Programme is effective at achieving clinically meaningful weight loss. The outcomes compare favorably to web-based weight management interventions tested in randomized trials and those delivered as face-to-face interventions, and results suggest that the approach may, with increased participation, bring population-level benefits. |
| spellingShingle | Taylor, K Indulkar, T Thompson, B Pinkard, C Barron, E Frost, T Jayawardane, P Davies, N Bakhai, C Forouhi, NG Aveyard, P Jebb, S Valabhji, J Early outcomes of referrals to the English National Health Service Digital Weight Management Programme |
| title | Early outcomes of referrals to the English National Health Service Digital Weight Management Programme |
| title_full | Early outcomes of referrals to the English National Health Service Digital Weight Management Programme |
| title_fullStr | Early outcomes of referrals to the English National Health Service Digital Weight Management Programme |
| title_full_unstemmed | Early outcomes of referrals to the English National Health Service Digital Weight Management Programme |
| title_short | Early outcomes of referrals to the English National Health Service Digital Weight Management Programme |
| title_sort | early outcomes of referrals to the english national health service digital weight management programme |
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