Weight Loss Effects of M-health App in Obesity Multidisciplinary Outpatient Clinic

Nanjing University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: m-Health; Obesity; NAFLD

Treatments: Other: conventional outpatient obesity management; Device: m-Health app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05168072

obesity2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized, open, controlled, single-center trial to identify the weight loss effects of adding mobile health application in obesity multidisciplinary outpatient clinic.

Full description

This is a randomized, open, controlled, single-center trial to identify the weight loss effects of adding mobile health application in obesity multidisciplinary outpatient clinic.

The team of obesity multidisciplinary outpatient clinic includes endocrinologists, dietitians, and exercisers. The endocrinologist assesses the patients' conditions, manages the patients, and decides on appropriate medications. Dietitians participate in dietary propaganda and education, and develop personalized diet prescriptions. Exercisers conduct behavior and exercise propaganda, and issue personalized exercise prescriptions. Patients in the experimental group combine m-Health APP with routine obesity clinic management. The m-Health APP could help patients set weight loss targets, record body weights online, learn the calories they consumed in real time, and exercise based on the prescriptions suggested by the exercisers.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• between 18 and 65 years old;
• 24kg/m^2 ≤ BMI < 37.5kg/m^2;
• Proficient in using mobile applications;
• Agree to sign the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• secondary obesity (such as hypothyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, hypothalamic obesity or long-term use of obesity-causing drugs, etc.);
• Patients with chronic diseases that require special diet and affect exercise;
• Patients suffering from severe liver, kidney or heart dysfunction;
• Patients with a history of malignant tumor;
• Pregnant or lactating women;
• Low level of education or illiteracy;
• Inability, unwillingness, or refusal to comply with study requirements (including lifestyle adjustments, follow-up, and subject duties)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

m-Health

Experimental group

Description:

participants receive conventional outpatient obesity management assisted with m-Health APP

Treatment:

Other: conventional outpatient obesity management

Device: m-Health app

conventional

Active Comparator group

Description:

participants receive conventional outpatient obesity management

Treatment:

Other: conventional outpatient obesity management