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    • Project Details
RETOOL
  • Home
  • RETOOL Team
  • Information for Patients
  • Provider Information
    • Local Care Resources
    • Team Care Resources
    • PCP RETOOL Training
    • RETOOL Webinar Recordings
  • IDEA BEHIND RETOOL
  • Project Details

IDEA BEHIND RETOOL

RURAL ENGAGEMENT IN TELEMEDTEAM FOR OPTIONS IN OBESITY TREATMENT SOLUTIONS

RETOOL is based on the findings from RE-POWER trial, the largest randomized controlled trial (RCT) on weight management conducted to date in rural primary care (Befort et al, JAMA, 2020). Lessons learned from RE-POWER included:   


  • Patients want their primary care providers more involved in their weight loss care


  • Many rural practices do not have the resources to sustain weight loss services, but want to be an expert resource for their patients

Reducing the Risk of Cancer Through Weight Loss

Dr. Befort talks about RETOOL:

https://www.kucancercenter.org/news-room/news/2022/05/researchers-to-examine-obesity-treatment-options-with-grant

Based on Findings from RE-POWER Trial

Links to RE-POWER Publications

Primary outcome (weight)


Diabetes and weight loss


Travel time on participation

Patient experience of care and counselor satisfaction


Male recruitment



Providers perspective on participation in a weight management trial


Patients perspective on participation in a weight management trial


Patient recruitment, participation, and representativeness


RURAL PRIMARY CARE SITES FROM THE RE-POWER TRIAL

Rural primary care clinics from Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin

Prior Study Physician

A Message from our Patient Advisory Board

Prior Study Physician

"We've always advised exercise, watch your diet, dietary counseling, all of those pieces, but I think this provides a plan for doing the things we didn't provide before."
 

Prior Study Patient

A Message from our Patient Advisory Board

Prior Study Physician

"Being able to go back in to see my doctor and show her my weight loss progress was exciting. I was very thrilled to share that with her and she was so encouraging." 

A Message from our Patient Advisory Board

A Message from our Patient Advisory Board

A Message from our Patient Advisory Board


Watch a short video message from our patient advisory board:

https://youtu.be/lFD6GcL8gLs

"Respect me, inform me, help me. Follow up on my progress, encourage me with realistic goals. Expect me to be accountable and responsible. Even though this is hard, I want it more than you do. More than you can possibly imagine."


Patient Advisory Board Member


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