Research Article

Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Testing Use of Smartphone Technology for Obesity Treatment

Table 2

Utilization of interventions.

Intervention useIC 
IC + SP 
LIC + SP 
SP 

Counseling sessions attended, 
mean % (SD)*
58 (37)72 (31)66 (34)N/A
Days of diet SP entries, 
median % (IQR)**
N/A53 (37)58 (58)23 (39)
Days of physical activity SP entries, 
median % (IQR)**
N/A32 (43)23 (42)9 (33)

Rate of actual number of counseling sessions attended relative to possible number.
Ratio of actual days of logging relative to possible number of days.
IC: intensive counseling; SP: smartphone; LIC: less intensive counseling; SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range.