Research Article
Three-Year Follow-Up of Participants from a Self-Weighing Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 2
Impact of the CTM on long-term weighing behaviors and weight.
| Follow-up characteristics compared to the original sample | | Declined survey | Accepted survey | value | | Invitation (n = 62) | Invitation (n = 36) |
| Treatment group, n (%) | 29 (46.8) | 24 (66.7) | 0.09 | Gender (male), n (%) | 10 (16.1) | 10 (27.8) | 0.263 | Age, mean (SD) | 54.08 (8.66) | 53.09 (9.78) | 0.612 | Baseline weight (lbs), mean (SD) | 207.51 (40.83) | 209.42 (37.45) | 0.819 | Baseline BMI, mean (SD) | 33.94 (5.50) | 32.99 (4.69) | 0.389 | Total change in body weight (lbs) between baseline and year 2, mean (SD) | −4.28 (14.17) | −12.69 (19.40) | 0.018 | Frequency of weighing during treatment (times per week), mean (SD) | 4.87 (1.86) | 6.15 (0.76) | <0.001 | Weekly or more, n (%) | 53 (91.4) | 35 (97.2) | 0.489 |
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Statistical significance.
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