Table 2 Difference of weight reduction between the mission success and failure groups.

From: The effectiveness of a monetary reimbursement model for weight reduction via a smartphone application: a preliminary retrospective study

 

Mission success

Mission failure

F (t)

p

η

Weight change in total (%) (baseline to week 16)

−2.96 (3.42)

−2.06 (3.23)

56.0

 < 0.001

0.020

 Normal weight group

−2.85 (3.45)

−1.87 (3.10)

42.0

 < 0.001

0.022

 Excess weight group

−3.23 (3.32)

−2.39 (3.40)

15.2

 < 0.001

0.016

Baseline weight (kg)

64.6 (10.1)

66.0 (10.4)

(−3.48)

0.001

 Normal weight group

60.0 (5.79)

60.5 (5.57)

(−2.17)

0.03

 Excess weight group

74.8 (9.95)

75.3 (9.84)

(−0.73)

0.47

Week 8 weight change (%)

−1.77 (2.10)

−1.32 (1.98)

(−5.74)

 < 0.001

 Normal weight group

−1.75 (2.08)

−1.23 (1.91)

(−5.49)

 < 0.001

 Excess weight group

−1.83 (2.13)

−1.47 (2.09)

(−2.63)

0.009

16-week engagement-in-app activities

Physical activity in min per week (median)

151 (100)

128 (88)

41.5

 < 0.001

0.015

Articles read

277 (130)

224 (120)

120.7

 < 0.001

0.041

Meals logged (meals per week)

26.87 (3.70)

22.56 (5.79)

535.1

 < 0.001

0.160

Energy intakes (kcal, average for 16-week)

1209 (271)

1183 (285)

9.4

0.002

0.003

Carbohydrates (g, average for 16-week)

159.1 (56)

153.4 (46)

10.0

0.002

0.004

Protein (g, average for 16-week)

57.3 (20)

54.8 (17)

16.8

 < 0.001

0.006

Fat (g, average for 16-week)

41.1 (13)

39.7 (12)

11.2

0.001

0.004

Food intake proportion

 Green color average (total)

16.8 (7.6)

15.8 (7.4)

12.8

 < 0.001

0.005

 Yellow color average (total)

47.8 (6.8)

48.1 (7.3)

0.6

0.45

 Red color average (total)

33.3 (8.6)

34.4 (8.7)

12.0

0.001

0.004

  1. The F statistics came from ANCOVA controlling for baseline BMI.