NCT05931146

Effectiveness of Smartphone Application for Weight Loss

Effectiveness of Smartphone Application for Weight Loss in Healthy Female Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is To determine the effectiveness of smartphone application for weight loss in healthy female adults. To determine the association between fitness application usage and physical activity behavior of the healthy female adults.

Detailed description

Obesity has turned into a significant, rising well-being epidemic around the world. Doing almost no physical work has been connected with chronic weakness results and diminished personal satisfaction in adulthood. It has been perceived that innovation can uphold wellbeing upgrades around the world. The applications that target wellbeing advancement have turned into a focal piece of individuals' lives and have exhibited enormous expansions being used. Proper evidence behind usage of smart phone application for weight loss is sparse and is based on different clinical experiences and a smaller number of studies with limited methodological design. This study will contribute to describing the effectiveness of smartphone application for weight loss in female adults as well as to determine the association between fitness application usage and physical activity behavior.

Conditions

• Weight Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	MyNetDiary app group	MyNetDiary will be used to track calories, and exercise while motivating for living a healthier life each day.The intervention period would last for three months. Total energy expenditure (TEE) of every participant enrolled into the study would be calculated at the start of the study and an exercise and diet plan with a calorie deficit of around 1000 kcal per week would be provided to the participant. The diet and exercise plan would be modified according to the new TEE of the participant. MyNetDiary app has built-in food and exercise activities with their respective calories' count. Moreover, customized foods and exercises can also be added into the application
OTHER	Paper diary group	Paper Diary will be used to track calories and exercise. The nutritional intake and exercise would be recorded for three months. The diet and exercise plans would be modified according to the new Total Energy Expenditure of the participants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-01
• Primary completion: 2023-07-31
• Completion: 2023-08-15
• First posted: 2023-07-05
• Last updated: 2023-10-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan