Adherence
Integrating telephone-delivered health coaching with standard multidisciplinary care for severe obesity yields non-inferior weight loss and glycemic improvements compared to multidisciplinary care alone, while significantly improving patient acceptability and access.
If you have severe obesity and struggle to attend frequent specialist appointments, adding a structured telephone coaching program to your standard care can help you stay on track. While it may not guarantee more weight loss than standard care alone, it significantly improves your ability to adhere to the diet and psychological support, and is highly accepted by patients.
Integrating telephone-delivered coaching provided non-inferior care and high levels of patient satisfaction. Telephone coaching aligned with the principles of an obesity service should be trialled to improve patient access to obesity interventions.
Why this rating
Pilot study, non-randomized, small sample size (n=80), but clear protocol and statistically significant within-group improvements.
Source
Efficacy of Telephone Health Coaching Integration with Standard Multidisciplinary Care for Adults with Obesity Attending a Weight Management Service: A Pilot Study
Sarah O Driscoll et al. · Nutrients · 2021
DOI 10.3390/nu13114078
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