A service evaluation exploring the effectiveness of a locally commissioned tier 3 weight management programme offering face‐to‐face, telephone and digital dietetic support

• DOI: 10.1111/cob.12444
• Publication Date: 2021-02-20T20:24:45Z
• Authors: Rosemary Huntriss; Matthew Haines; Lucy Jones; Danielle Mulligan
• Keywords: Weight management; Face-to-face

Obesity continues to be a global health problem with significant costs associated management, treatment, and obesity-related comorbidities. Tier 3 weight management programmes support patients complex obesity traditionally offer interventions through face-to-face delivery. In this study, service evaluation compared loss for adults BMI ≥ 45 kg/m2 or 40 comorbidity, who were offered non-randomized dietetic intervention face-to-face, telephone, digital using the Oviva smartphone app as part of tier programme. One hundred sixty-nine commenced core There no differences in between receiving (5.3 ± 5.5 kg [-4.1%]), telephone (-4 5.3 [-3.4%]) (-6.1 4.9 [-4.5%]) (P = .061), data reported intention-to-treat baseline observation carried forward imputation. Completer also analysed at an optional 12-week follow-up where was maintained (-7.6 9.3 [-5.6%]) (-9.2 7.6) [-6.8%]) .135). Furthermore, there acceptability .261). Due potential scalability, resource, cost-savings care, improvement accessibility some people, delivery should considered care option services.