Adherence
A behavioral intervention combining eHealth self-monitoring, telephone counseling, and provider endorsement produces modest but sustained weight loss and improved blood pressure control in socioeconomically disadvantaged primary care patients over 24 months.
For individuals in underserved communities, a structured, technology-supported behavioral program with regular coaching and provider support can lead to modest but meaningful weight loss and better blood pressure control over two years. The key is consistency and using available community resources, rather than expecting rapid or large-scale changes.
The intervention produced modest weight losses, improved blood pressure control, and slowed systolic blood pressure increases in this high-risk, socioeconomically disadvantaged patient population.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with 365 participants, though effect sizes are modest and the population is highly specific.
Source
Obesity Treatment for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients in Primary Care Practice
Erica T. Warner · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2012
DOI 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1
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