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Table 2 Participant responsiveness over time and individual weight change (lbs)

From: Pilot test of an interactive obesity treatment approach among employed adults in a university medical billing office

 

Weekly text message response, (N responses, % of possible weeks to respond))

Last coaching session attended

Baseline weight

Final weight

Final weight change

Participant

3 months

6 months

12 months

18 months

24 months

1

11 (84.6)

24 (92.3)

50 (96.1)

72 (92.3)

85 (81.7)

24 months

182.8

153.0

− 29.8

2a

12 (92.3)

25 (96.1)

50 (96.1)

75 (96.1)

95 (91.3)

24 months

291.6

194.2

− 97.4

3

12 (92.3)

25 (96.1)

50 (96.1)

70 (89.7)

92 (88.4)

24 months

221.0

229.4

+ 8.4

4

12 (92.3)

25 (96.1)

50 (96.1.0)

75 (96.1)

100 (96.1)

24 months

235.8

252.1

+ 16.3

5

13 (100.0)

26 (100.0)

52 (100.0)

78 (100.0)

104 (100.0)

24 months

233.4

242.0

+ 8.6

6

12 (92.3)

12 (46.1)

12 (23.0)

12 (15.3)

12 (11.5)

3 months

198.0

188.0

− 10.0

7

11 (84.6)

12 (46.1)

12 (23.0)

12 (15.3)

12 (11.5)

3 months

281.8

298.2

+ 16.4

8

12 (92.3)

24 (92.3)

45 (86.5)

45 (57.6)

45 (43.2)

9 months

235.0

248.0

+ 13.0

9

13 (100.0)

26 (100.0)

49 (94.2)

72 (92.3)

96 (92.3)

24 months

250.4

294.4

+ 44.0

10

13 (100.0)

26 (100.0)

52 (100.0)

77 (98.7)

101 (97.1)

24 months

251.2

256.8

+ 5.6

11

13 (100.0)

26 (100.0)

52 (100.0)

75 (96.1)

99 (95.1)

24 months

250.2

272.8

+ 22.6

12b

5 (38.4)

5 (19.2)

5 (9.6)

5 (6.4)

5 (4.8)

n/a

237.0

n/a

n/a

13

11 (84.6)

19 (73.0)

27 (51.9)

41 (52.5)

45 (43.2)

24 months

188.0

207.8

+ 19.8

14

8 (61.5)

15 (57.6)

27 (51.9)

29 (37.1)

29 (27.8)

12 months

232.6

245.8

+ 13.2

15b

9 (69.2)

11 (42.3)

11 (21.1)

11 (14.1)

11 (10.5)

n/a

182.6

n/a

n/a

16

7 (53.8)

10 (38.4)

23 (44.2)

42 (53.8)

55 (52.8)

24 months

239.4

253.4

+ 14.0

17

12 (92.3)

25 (96.1)

51 (98.0)

77 (98.7)

103 (99.0)

24 months

203.2

215.8

+ 12.6

18

12 (92.3)

24 (92.3)

43 (82.6)

66 (84.6)

77 (74.0)

24 months

355.0

352.8

− 2.2

19

13 (100.0)

25 (96.1)

51 (98.0)

76 (97.4)

100 (96.1)

24 months

170.0

154.5

− 15.5

20

13 (100.0)

26 (100.0)

49 (94.2)

73 (93.5)

93 (89.4)

24 months

222.0

180.6

− 41.4

  1. Proportion of weekly SMS text messages to which participant responded, grouped by 3-month intervals corresponding to coaching sessions. A response was defined as participant report of weekly weight or goal completion status
  2. aParticipant had gastric bypass surgery
  3. bParticipant did not attend any follow-up coaching sessions