Effectiveness and sustainability of peer support interventions for patients with obesity: a realist synthesis protocol by Jing Hu, Haoyang Li, Donghong Wang, Lizhe Huang, Xuejuan Li, Youmei Su, Rixiao Liang

“…Systematic searches in databases—including PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, ProQuest, CINAHL, CNKI, Wanfang and VIP—will be conducted to generate relevant evidence. Qualitative research methods, facilitated by NVivo software, will be used to code and organise the data into themes related to the research context, mechanisms and outcomes, thereby refining the theoretical framework.Ethics and dissemination This research proposal and its corresponding realist synthesis do not require ethical approval. …”
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Digital augmentation of aftercare for patients with anorexia nervosa: the TRIANGLE RCT and economic evaluation by Janet Treasure, Katie Rowlands, Valentina Cardi, Suman Ambwani, David McDaid, Jodie Lord, Danielle Clark Bryan, Pamela Macdonald, Eva Bonin, Ulrike Schmidt, Jon Arcelus, Amy Harrison, Sabine Landau

“…The statisticians remained partially blind (knowing only coded trial arm membership) until as late as possible into the primary analyses being conducted. …”
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