Hanson, Petra, Summers, Charlotte, Panesar, Arjun, Liarakos, A., Oduro-Donkor, Dominic, Whyte Oshodi, Danniella, Hailstone, L., Randeva, Harpal S., Menon, Vinod, Fosse, M., Kaura, A., Shuttlewood, E., Loveder, M. and Barber, Thomas M. (2023) Implementation of a digital health tool for patients awaiting input from a specialist weight management team. JMIR Human Factors, 10 . e41256. doi:10.2196/41256 ISSN 2292-9495.
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Abstract
Background:
Digital tools are increasingly used on a population level as a weight loss strategy for people living with overweight and obesity. Evidence supports the feasibility of digital tools for the management of obesity in a community setting, but there is only emerging evidence for the feasibility of such tools in specialist weight management services. No study has assessed the uptake of digital tools among patients awaiting their first appointment with a specialist weight management service.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to understand interest, acceptance, and engagement with a digital behavioral change platform to support specialist weight management.
Methods:
This was an observational study registered as a service innovation. All patients on the waiting list for a first appointment in the tier 3 weight management service at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire National Health Service (NHS) Trust were eligible to access the NHS-approved digital tool. Data on interest and engagement with the digital tool were collected. Routine clinical data were used to describe patient demographics. Focus groups were held to explore patients’ views on the use of digital tools as part of a specialist weight management service.
Results:
A total of 199 patients on the waiting list were informed about the available digital tool. Just over a half (n=102, 51.3%) of patients were interested in using the app, with over one-third (n=68, 34%) of all patients engaging with the app. Overall, a third of patients on the waiting list (n=63, 32%) did not respond to the invite and 34 (17%) of patients expressed no interest in the app. Emotional eating and higher BMI was associated with interest in the Gro Health app. Male gender was associated with reduced engagement with the app. There were no differences in interest in the Gro Health app according to age, ethnicity, metabolic measures of glycemia, and lipid profile.
Conclusions:
It is feasible to offer digital tools such as Gro Health to patients awaiting their first appointment with specialist weight management services. Future research should explore barriers and facilitators of engagement with digital tools. Additionally, there is a need to further evaluate the effectiveness of such tools in specialist weight management services.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health (- until July 2016) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Weight loss, Obesity -- Prevention -- Technological innovations, Obesity -- Prevention -- Data processing, Wireless communication systems in medical care, Medical informatics, Overweight persons -- Medical care -- Technological innovations |
| Journal or Publication Title: | JMIR Human Factors |
| Publisher: | JMIR Publications Inc. |
| ISSN: | 2292-9495 |
| Official Date: | 31 May 2023 |
| Dates: | Date Event 31 May 2023 Published 1 March 2023 Accepted |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Article Number: | e41256 |
| DOI: | 10.2196/41256 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 June 2023 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 June 2023 |
| RIOXX Funder/Project Grant: | Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/174036/ |
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