Patients’ Responsiveness and Health Benefits of Weekly Telemonitoring and Monthly Telehealth Coaching in a Pilot Telenutrition Weight-Loss Program
Background: Ensuring patients’ responsiveness to, acceptance of, and adherence to any telehealth service is essential before its implementation. Objectives: The aim of this pilot study was to assess patients’ responsiveness toward telemonitoring and telehealth coaching within a telenutrition weight-...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mary Ann Liebert
2024-04-01
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| Series: | Telemedicine Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/tmr.2024.0072 |
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| Summary: | Background: Ensuring patients’ responsiveness to, acceptance of, and adherence to any telehealth service is essential before its implementation. Objectives: The aim of this pilot study was to assess patients’ responsiveness toward telemonitoring and telehealth coaching within a telenutrition weight-loss program. Study Design: Twenty-five overweight and obese participants were enrolled in a weight-loss program that was supported by weekly telemonitoring and monthly telehealth coaching sessions. The response rate of participants to telemonitoring and their attendance rate at the telehealth coaching sessions were measured throughout a 6-month period (totaling 36 weeks), in addition to the examination of correlations and trends in both health and quality of life measures. Results: The findings showed that participants’ response rate (%) for telemonitoring was at its highest rate (92%) in week 1, but this decreased dramatically and reached 19% in week 36. Meanwhile, 88% of the participants attended the first telehealth coaching session, followed by a slight decrease in the attendance rate (%) to 64% at the last session. The data indicate significant correlations between weight loss and improvements in Circle of Life (CoL) satisfaction rates, particularly between creativity, fun, and social life, confirming the positive benefits of integrative approaches to weight management. Most importantly, the data confirmed that attending more telehealth coaching sessions had a significant effect on weight loss, physical activity (measured in steps), and satisfaction with CoL aspects such as creativity, education, fun, social life, and spirituality. Conclusions: Thus, our findings highlight that participants were more committed and responsive to telehealth coaching than telemonitoring during long-duration weight management interventions. Thus, future studies should consider exploring the potential of telehealth devices to enhance patients’ responsiveness to telemonitoring. |
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| ISSN: | 2692-4366 |