RCT on comanagement of obesity, depression, and elevated CVD risk in primary care
Description: PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The large numbers of primary care patients affected by coexisting obesity and depression and common risk factors for diabetes and heart disease underscore the urgency of developing effective, accessible, and sustainable interventions that use an integrated, multicondition care management approach. This study will rigorously evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness and potential for "real-world" implementation of an innovative intervention that integrates a behavioral weight loss program and a collaborative stepped care program for depression, incorporates conventional clinic- and home-based modes of care delivery (e.g., office visits plus phone consults and take-home DVD), and leverages low-cost, wide-reach health information technologies (e.g., Web, secure email, and mobile texting). Given its focus on transforming primary care management of obesity and depression and common cardiometabolic risk factors to evidence-based, patient- centered care, as well as the likely scalability of the proposed intervention, the study has high potential for significant clinial and public health impact.
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: R01
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2020-03-31
Investigator: JUN MA
Institution: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
Funded outputs count: 24
Funder award ID: R01HL119453
OpenAlex ID: G522572685