CompletedNot Applicable

Impact of Mobile Phone Texting Service to Support Weight Loss

United Kingdom120 participantsStarted 2017-04-28

Plain-language summary

This study evaluates the efficacy of a mobile telehealth short message service as a facilitator for weight management. Half of the participants will receive a standard care weight management group intervention, while the other half will receive daily text messages via their mobile phone to help facilitate weight loss. It is hypothesized that the intervention group receiving text messages will be as successful as the control group at achieving weight loss over a 3-month period.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Body mass index \> 35kg/m requiring to lose weight for an operation or having a co-morbidity including diabetes, osteoarthritis, high cholesterol, asthma, heart disease, high blood pressure or sleep apnoea or with a body mass \>40kg/m with no co-morbidities. * Own a mobile phone * Have the ability to use short message service * Have access to weighing scales * Mentally capable of informed consent * Have the ability to read and speak English Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled Hypothyroidism * Poorly controlled psychiatric illness * Current alcohol or drug abuse * Learning disability * Do not own a mobile phone * Do not have access to weighing scales * Does not have the ability to read or speak English

What they're measuring

Weight Loss

Timeframe: 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02985307

SponsorNHS Lothian

Sponsor typeOTHER_GOV

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-11-30

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