Clinical Trial: Does a Virtual Coach Offer a Better Solution for Weight Reduction in Ventral Hernia Patients With Obesity?
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Obesity
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Does a Virtual Coach Offer a Better Solution for Weight Reduction in Ventral Hernia Patients With Obesity?
Brief Summary:
The purpose for this research is to create a MyChart-enabled virtual coach that assists obese patients lose weight prior to ventral hernia surgery.Researchers intend to show how the use of a virtual coach is more effective in preoperative weight reduction prior to ventral hernia repair over usual care.Correspondingly, this may lower unplanned hospital readmissions.For this clinical trial, where randomization is not possible, the study team will implement the use of propensity score matching that sorts individuals…
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