TY  - JOUR
AU  - van Beurden, SB
AU  - Simmons, SI
AU  - Tang, JCH
AU  - Mewse, AJ
AU  - Abraham, C
AU  - Greaves, CJ
Y2  - 2020/12/10
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 2052-9538
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/253703
AB  - 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.
LA  - eng
PB  - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
T1  - Informing the development of online weight management interventions: a qualitative investigation of primary care patient perceptions.
DO  - 10.1186/s40608-018-0184-6
IS  - BMC Obesity
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SP  - 7-
L1  - /bitstream/handle/11343/253703/PMC5810085.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
ER  -