Obesity Prevention and Control: Technology-Supported Multicomponent Coaching or Counseling Interventions to Reduce Weight and Maintain Weight Loss

Search Strategy

The articles to be reviewed were obtained from systematic searches of multiple databases, reviews of bibliographic reference lists, and consultations with experts in the field.

Search Terms

• Internet
• Website, Web site, Web
• Message Board, Discussion Board
• Chat
• Telephone
• Cell phone
• Compact Disc
• DVD
• Video recording, videodisc recording, videotape recording
• Digital video
• Electronic
• Interactive voice response
• Computer
• Computer assisted instruction
• User-computer interface
• Touch screen
• Interactive
• Personal digital assistant, palm pilot, pocket pc
• Electronic mail, email
• Telehealth
• Enhanced pedometer
• Ipod
• Podcast
• Telemedicine
• Health education, health promotion, health behavior
• Health knowledge, attitudes, practice
• Overweight, Body mass index, Skinfold thickness, Waist-hip ratio, BMI, Obese, Weight, Body fat
• Physical activity, Motor activity, Exercise, Physical fitness, Physical education, Training, Sports
• Diet, Nutrition, Food
• Coach, counsel
• Reminder Systems
• Provision of Information
• Computer tailored feedback
• Video games

Medline search example

#SearchesResults

1. internet.mp.
2. (website$ or web site$ or web$).tw.
3. (message board$ or discussion board$).tw.
4. chat$.tw.
5. telephon$.mp.
6. cell$ phone$.mp.
7. exp Compact Disks/ or (compact disc$ or compact disk$ or CD-ROM$).mp.
8. dvd$.mp.
9. (Video Recording or Videodisc Recording or videotape recording$).mp.
10. digital video dis$.mp.
11. digital medi$.tw.
12. electronic$.mp.
13. (interactive voice response$ or ivr).tw.
14. exp Computers/
15. computer-assisted instruction.mp.
16. user-computer interface/
17. touch screen$.tw.
18. interactive.tw.
19. Computers, Handheld/ or personal digital assistant$.tw. or pda$.tw. or palm pilot$.tw. or pocket pc$.tw.
20. exp software/ or software.tw.
21. Electronic Mail/ or e-mail$.tw. or email$.tw.
22. telehealth.tw.
23. enhance$ pedometer$.tw.
24. or/1-23310369
25. 24 and (health education/ or "health education".tw.)
26. 24 and exp health promotion/
27. 24 and exp health behavior/
28. 24 and "Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice"/
29. 24 and intervention studies/
30. 24 and intervention$.mp.
31. 24 and (trial$ or study or studies).mp.
32. 24 and program evaluation/
33. or/25-32141609
34. 33 and (exp overweight/ or exp obesity/ or exp body weight changes/ or body mass index/ or skinfold thickness/ or waist-hip ratio/ or bmi.tw. or obes$.tw. or body fat.tw. or overweight.mp.)
35. 33 and (physical activity.tw. or motor activity/ or exercise$.mp. or physical fitness/ or "physical education and training"/ or exp sports/)
36. 33 and (diet$ or nutrition$ or food$).hw,tw.
37. or/34-3612513
38. limit 37 to (humans and english language and yr="1966 - 2008")
39. 38 not (200807$ or 200808$).ed.
40. from 38 keep 101
41. 39 not Echocardiography.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word]
42. 41 not electrocardiograpy.mp.
43. 42 not ekg.mp.
44. 43 not mri.mp.
45. 44 not magnetic resonance imaging/
46. 45 not eeg.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word]
47. 46 not electroencephalography/
48. 47 not cat scans.mp.
49. 48 not Tomography, X-Ray Computed.mp.
50. 49 not x-rays.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word]
51. 24 or (computer tailored feedback.mp. or exp video games/ or exp games, experimental/ or games.mp.)
52. 51 and (health education/ or "health education".tw. or exp health promotion/ or exp health behavior/ or "Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice"/ or intervention studies/ or intervention$.mp. or trial$.mp. or study.mp. or studies.mp. or program evaluation/ or coach$.mp. or counsel$.mp. or exp directive counseling/ or exp counseling/ or track$.mp. or monitor$.mp. or exp reminder systems/ or remind$.mp. or "provision of information".tw. or exp education, professional/ or non-interactive education.mp.)
53. 52 and (exp overweight/ or exp obesity/ or exp body weight changes/ or body mass index/ or skinfold thickness/ or waist-hip ratio/ or bmi.tw. or obes$.tw. or body fat.tw. or overweight.mp. or physical activity.tw. or motor activity/ or exercise$.mp. or physical fitness/ or "physical education and training"/ or exp sports/)
54. 52 and (diet$ or nutrition$ or food$).hw,tw.
55. 53 or 5414377
56. limit 55 to (humans and english language and yr="1966 - 2008")
57. 56 not (200807$ or 200808$).ed.
58. 57 not ((Echocardiography or electrocardiography or ekg or ekg or mri).mp. or magnetic resonance imaging/ or eeg.mp. or electroencephalography/ or cat scans.mp. or Tomography, X-Ray Computed.mp. or x-rays.mp.)