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Table 2 Number of follow-up appointments, phone calls, text messages and time spent by clinicians on treatment

From: A novel interactive mobile health support system for pediatric obesity treatment: a randomized controlled feasibility trial

Variable

Intervention n = 15

Control n = 13

P1

Number of appointments, median [IQR] (min–max)2

2.0 [1.0] (0–5)3

2.0 [0.0] (1–3)

0.274

Number of phone calls, median [IQR] (min–max)

1.0 [3.0] (0–9)

2.0 [2.0] (0–5)

0.683

Number of text messages sent from staff, median [IQR] (min–max)

13.0 [10.0] (4–23)

N/A

N/A

Minutes for appointments and documentation, median [IQR] (min–max)

140.0 [70.0] (0–300)

120.0 [40.0] (60–180)

0.156

Minutes on phone calls and documentation, median [IQR] (min–max)

10.0 [40.0] (0–140)

10.0 [12.5] (0–60)

0.928

Minutes on text messages sent by staff, median [IQR] (min–max)

70.0 [59.0] (20–115)

N/A

N/A

Minutes on all contacts and documentation, median [IQR] (min–max)

215.0 [97.0] (45–526)

120.0 [67.5] (75–240)

0.002a

  1. 1p values are based on a Mann Whitney U-test
  2. 2Follow-up appointments, not including baseline
  3. 3One child was lost to follow-up after 2 months – therefore no follow-up appointments
  4. aAn alfa of < 0.05 is considered statistically significant