Research Article

User Engagement Associated with Web-Intervention Features to Attain Clinically Meaningful Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance in Rural Women

Table 2

Effects of age, intervention group, time (phase), message engagement, and self-tracking engagement on achieving ≥5% weight loss.

EquationParameter estimate (95% confidence interval)Standard errorWald chi-square

Equation 1: messaging
 Age0.01 (−2.67, 1.69)0.020.37
 Web-only vs web + email intervention0.29 (0.02, 0.56)0.144.41
 Phase0.44 (0.12, 0.77)0.177.08
 Low vs high message engagement−1.37 (−1.99, −0.75)0.3218.80
 Moderate vs high message engagement−0.97 (−1.58, −0.37)0.3110.00
QIC fit estimate: 432.67
Equation 2: tracking
 Age0.03 (−0.01, 0.06)0.021.55
 Web-only vs web + email intervention0.25 (−0.02, 0.53)0.143.40
 Phase0.49 (0.18, 0.80)0.169.76
 Low vs high tracking engagement−1.12 (−1.68, −0.55)0.2915.18
 Moderate vs high tracking engagement−0.42 (−0.94, 0.09)0.262.57
QIC fit estimate: 443.32
Equation 3: messaging and tracking
 Age0.01 (−0.03, 0.05)0.020.09
 Web-only vs web + email intervention0.27 (0.01, 0.54)0.143.98
 Phase0.50 (0.19, 0.82)0.169.92
 Low vs high message engagement−1.32 (−1.98, −0.67)0.3415.55
 Moderate vs high message engagement−0.85 (−1.46, −0.24)0.317.35
 Low vs high tracking engagement−0.50 (−1.11, 0.11)0.312.60
 Moderate vs high tracking engagement−0.08 (−0.64, 0.48)0.280.08
QIC fit estimate: 431.67

Note. 180 women used in analyses. QIC = quasi-likelihood under independence model criterion. For phase, phase 1 (baseline to 6 months) = 0 and phase 2 (6 months to 18 months) = 1. . . .