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Getaneh AM, van der Pol M, Boyers D, Avenell A, Cotton S, Dombrowski SU, Gray CM, Kee F, Macaulay L, McKinley M, O’Dolan C, Swingler J, Torrens C, Turner K & Hoddinott P (2025) Text messaging with or without financial incentives versus a waitlist control for weight loss in men: cost-effectiveness analysis of the Game of Stones randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 54, p. 101328. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666776225001206; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101328
Abstract
Cost-effective weight loss interventions are needed for people with obesity, particularly men, who are less likely to engage with weight loss programmes. This study aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of text messaging plus financial incentives and text messaging alone compared to a waitlist control to help men lose weight.
Keywords
Obesity; Cost-effectiveness; QALYs; Weight loss; Text messaging; Financial incentives
Journal
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe: Volume 54
Status | Published |
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Publication date | 31/07/2025 |
Date accepted by journal | 06/05/2025 |
Publisher | Elsevier BV |
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ISSN | 2666-7762 |
eISSN | 2666-7762 |
ISBN | 2666-7762 |
People (2)
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Psychology
Trial Manager, CHeCR