Informing the development of online weight management interventions: a qualitative investigation of primary care patient perceptions.
BMC Obes
; 5: 7, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The internet is a potentially promising medium for delivering weight loss interventions. The current study sought to explore factors that might influence primary care patients' initial uptake and continued use (up to four-weeks) of such programmes to help inform the development of novel, or refinement of existing, weight management interventions.METHODS:
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 patients purposively sampled based on age, gender and BMI from a single rural general practice. The interviews were conducted 4 weeks after recruitment at the general practice and focused on experiences with using one of three freely available weight loss websites. Thematic Analysis was used to analyse the data.RESULTS:
Findings suggested that patients were initially motivated to engage with internet-based weight loss programmes by their accessibility and novelty. However, continued use was influenced by substantial facilitators and barriers, such as time and effort involved, reaction to prompts/reminders, and usefulness of information. Facilitation by face-to-face consultations with the GP was reported to be helpful in supporting change.CONCLUSIONS:
Although primary care patients may not be ready yet to solely depend on online interventions for weight loss, their willingness to use them shows potential for use alongside face-to-face weight management advice or intervention. Recommendations to minimise barriers to engagement are provided.
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01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Obes
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido