Three-Year Follow-Up of Participants from a Self-Weighing Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Follow-up characteristics at the time of the survey.

Follow-up characteristics
	Total (n = 36)
Treatment group, n (%)	24 (67%)
Male, n (%)	10 (28%)
Age in years, mean (SD)	53.09 (9.78)
Baseline body weight (lbs), mean (SD)	209.42 (37.45)
Baseline BMI, mean (SD)	32.99 (4.69)
Body weight at trial end (lbs), mean (SD)	196.72 (34.97)
Weight change during trial	12.7 (19.4)
Current body weight (lbs), mean (SD)	197.59 (39.31)
Frequency of weighing in days per week during treatment, mean (SD)	6.15 (0.76)
Current frequency of weighing
Several times per day	0 (0)
1 time/day	8 (22.2%)
Several times/week	12 (33.3%)
Once a week	7 (19.4%)
Less than once a week	7 (19.4%)
Less than once per month	2 (5.6%)
Overall helpfulness of the CTM in reaching long-term weight goal
Not at all helpful	1 (2.8%)
Slightly helpful	13 (36.1%)
Moderately helpful	12 (33.3%)
Extremely helpful	10 (27.8%)

BMI, body mass index.