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National Veterans Health Administration MOVE! Weight Management Program Participation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 19 — March 10, 2022

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Figure 1. Trends in national Veterans Health Administration MOVE! Weight Management Program participation by modality, January 2018 through January 2021. A, Number of MOVE! visits. B, Number of MOVE! participants. C, Number of new MOVE! participants. Note that the scale in C differs from the scale in A and B.

Trends in national Veterans Health Administration MOVE! Weight Management Program participation by modality, January 2018 through January 2021. A, Number of MOVE! visits. B, Number of MOVE! participants. C, Number of new MOVE! participants. Note that the scale in C differs from the scale in A and B.
Date No. of visits No. of participants No. of new participants
In person Telehealth Total In person Telehealth Total In person Telehealth Total
2018-Jan 41,323 15,937 57,260 23,547 11,825 35,372 3,948 887 4,835
2018-Feb 40,245 15,504 55,749 23,337 11,520 34,857 3,468 752 4,220
2018-Mar 44,465 17,139 61,604 24,963 12,357 37,320 3,726 847 4,573
2018-Apr 43,940 16,813 60,753 25,206 12,075 37,281 3,769 740 4,509
2018-May 46,487 16,939 63,426 25,252 12,296 37,548 3,695 858 4,553
2018-Jun 42,833 15,978 58,811 24,694 11,665 36,359 3,779 701 4,480
2018-Jul 40,329 15,106 55,435 23,446 11,178 34,624 3,443 748 4,191
2018-Aug 45,175 16,008 61,183 25,216 11,666 36,882 3,760 763 4,523
2018-Sep 39,182 14,421 53,603 23,088 10,947 34,035 3,308 626 3,934
2018-Oct 47,682 16,936 64,618 24,945 11,499 36,444 3,596 885 4,481
2018-Nov 39,412 15,513 54,925 22,141 10,982 33,123 2,913 793 3,706
2018-Dec 33,782 13,901 47,683 19,838 10,315 30,153 2,508 767 3,275
2019-Jan 45,350 16,539 61,889 23,730 11,492 35,222 3,607 1,010 4,617
2019-Feb 43,204 15,771 58,975 23,466 11,006 34,472 3,405 841 4,246
2019-Mar 46,812 16,984 63,796 24,664 11,454 36,118 3,533 987 4,520
2019-Apr 49,546 17,729 67,275 25,607 11,650 37,257 3,721 955 4,676
2019-May 48,224 16,926 65,150 25,240 11,344 36,584 3,854 959 4,813
2019-Jun 44,562 16,120 60,682 24,061 11,180 35,241 3,479 879 4,358
2019-Jul 45,670 16,505 62,175 23,692 11,118 34,810 3,479 901 4,380
2019-Aug 46,175 16,436 62,611 24,397 11,169 35,566 3,478 953 4,431
2019-Sep 42,625 15,360 57,985 23,302 10,667 33,969 3,223 822 4,045
2019-Oct 47,892 16,419 64,311 23,818 10,757 34,575 3,124 873 3,997
2019-Nov 38,838 14,595 53,433 21,295 10,145 31,440 2,699 768 3,467
2019-Dec 35,267 14,036 49,303 19,527 9,846 29,373 2,636 744 3,380
2020-Jan 47,061 16,768 63,829 23,467 10,851 34,318 3,577 988 4,565
2020-Feb 44,447 16,501 60,948 23,329 10,910 34,239 3,144 1,013 4,157
2020-Mar 26,393 20,250 46,643 17,005 15,114 32,119 2,169 1,372 3,541
2020-Apr 2,557 28,719 31,276 1,546 17,958 19,504 194 1,750 1,944
2020-May 1,334 29,102 30,436 809 18,240 19,049 126 1,677 1,803
2020-Jun 1,571 32,011 33,582 984 19,197 20,181 216 2,094 2,310
2020-Jul 2,381 32,887 35,268 1,503 19,393 20,896 283 2,293 2,576
2020-Aug 2,737 33,660 36,397 1,731 19,914 21,645 255 2,549 2,804
2020-Sep 3,406 36,023 39,429 2,145 20,610 22,755 391 2,851 3,242
2020-Oct 3,879 35,631 39,510 2,571 21,048 23,619 460 2,912 3,372
2020-Nov 3,242 32,141 35,383 2,279 20,412 22,691 399 2,725 3,124
2020-Dec 2,775 34,463 37,238 1,842 21,472 23,314 356 3,035 3,391
2021-Jan 3,038 37,730 40,768 2,000 23,128 25,128 383 3,200 3,583

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Figure 2. Trends in national Veterans Health Administration telehealth MOVE! Weight Management Program participation by format (group vs individual) and modality, January 2018 through January 2021. A, Number of MOVE! visits. B, Number of MOVE! participants. C, Number of new MOVE! participants. Note that the scale in C differs from the scale in A and B. Abbreviations: VVC, VHA Video Connect; CVT, Clinical Video Telehealth.

Trends in national Veterans Health Administration telehealth MOVE! Weight Management Program participation by format (group vs individual) and modality, January 2018 through January 2021. A, Number of MOVE! visits. B, Number of MOVE! participants. C, Number of new MOVE! participants. Note that the scale in C differs from the scale in A and B. Abbreviations: VVC, VHA Video Connect; CVT, Clinical Video Telehealth.
Date Group telephone Individual telephone Group VHA Video Connect Individual VHA Video Connect Group Clinical Video Telehealth Individual Clinical Video Telehealth TeleMOVE!
No. of visits
2018-Jan 246 3,630 15 144 5,506 433 5,963
2018-Feb 228 3,252 28 161 5,698 387 5,750
2018-Mar 292 3,785 38 174 6,468 401 5,981
2018-Apr 287 3,621 34 176 6,645 375 5,675
2018-May 295 3,759 36 192 6,475 387 5,795
2018-Jun 249 3,428 23 173 6,150 375 5,580
2018-Jul 263 3,408 16 164 5,556 332 5,367
2018-Aug 317 3,724 9 178 6,094 368 5,318
2018-Sep 276 3,221 19 175 5,295 322 5,113
2018-Oct 497 4,193 28 229 6,120 378 5,491
2018-Nov 478 3,864 24 238 5,262 319 5,328
2018-Dec 410 3,473 6 241 4,390 296 5,085
2019-Jan 511 4,458 30 352 5,605 361 5,222
2019-Feb 502 3,951 49 335 5,597 380 4,957
2019-Mar 524 4,331 47 382 6,344 440 4,916
2019-Apr 604 4,328 53 456 6,774 385 5,129
2019-May 464 4,345 52 419 6,251 391 5,004
2019-Jun 523 4,134 58 452 5,696 351 4,906
2019-Jul 476 4,389 60 449 5,887 304 4,940
2019-Aug 512 4,127 73 473 5,857 307 5,087
2019-Sep 446 4,030 67 391 5,413 307 4,706
2019-Oct 543 4,465 105 475 5,821 376 4,634
2019-Nov 384 3,924 73 437 4,855 315 4,607
2019-Dec 360 4,064 73 484 4,376 317 4,362
2020-Jan 441 4,741 187 608 5,826 366 4,599
2020-Feb 495 4,283 198 535 5,850 322 4,818
2020-Mar 1,118 8,912 1,107 1,055 3,048 225 4,785
2020-Apr 3,484 13,664 5,416 1,769 11 2 4,373
2020-May 3,212 12,754 6,968 1,929 6 2 4,231
2020-Jun 3,448 13,058 9,039 2,161 33 13 4,259
2020-Jul 2,786 12,233 10,865 2,477 221 30 4,275
2020-Aug 2,766 11,846 12,273 2,615 250 30 3,880
2020-Sep 2,688 12,169 13,779 3,005 277 33 4,072
2020-Oct 2,567 11,636 14,433 2,994 267 31 3,703
2020-Nov 2,107 10,605 12,665 2,948 226 37 3,553
2020-Dec 2,248 11,618 13,502 3,131 134 25 3,805
2021-Jan 2,344 11,807 16,290 3,416 169 24 3,680
No. of participants
2018-Jan 127 2,777 9 119 2,655 408 5,730
2018-Feb 108 2,465 14 138 2,873 351 5,571
2018-Mar 131 2,755 15 139 3,128 385 5,804
2018-Apr 129 2,720 17 140 3,180 356 5,533
2018-May 124 2,829 16 141 3,219 352 5,615
2018-Jun 126 2,627 14 143 3,045 330 5,380
2018-Jul 116 2,609 7 131 2,818 316 5,181
2018-Aug 129 2,834 5 144 3,060 339 5,155
2018-Sep 131 2,582 9 148 2,798 301 4,978
2018-Oct 219 2,842 17 178 2,905 320 5,018
2018-Nov 228 2,628 11 175 2,687 285 4,968
2018-Dec 210 2,516 4 187 2,428 261 4,709
2019-Jan 215 3,027 11 244 2,864 319 4,812
2019-Feb 226 2,803 21 246 2,780 325 4,605
2019-Mar 249 3,010 20 266 2,985 371 4,553
2019-Apr 252 2,912 24 317 3,067 326 4,752
2019-May 236 2,924 23 307 2,921 316 4,617
2019-Jun 259 2,933 25 327 2,779 305 4,552
2019-Jul 234 3,015 28 324 2,690 272 4,555
2019-Aug 205 2,941 29 329 2,740 259 4,666
2019-Sep 218 2,900 32 292 2,589 260 4,376
2019-Oct 226 3,001 42 335 2,669 297 4,187
2019-Nov 188 2,730 37 330 2,457 272 4,131
2019-Dec 198 2,772 35 349 2,262 262 3,968
2020-Jan 214 3,094 75 413 2,620 311 4,124
2020-Feb 231 2,952 84 401 2,784 280 4,178
2020-Mar 667 6,443 691 769 2,043 196 4,305
2020-Apr 1,613 9,241 1,920 1,198 7 2 3,977
2020-May 1,585 8,897 2,636 1,317 3 2 3,800
2020-Jun 1,554 8,946 3,390 1,484 22 12 3,789
2020-Jul 1,278 8,328 4,144 1,728 94 28 3,793
2020-Aug 1,332 8,196 4,927 1,807 107 25 3,520
2020-Sep ,1223 8,200 5,365 2,037 126 30 3,629
2020-Oct 1,230 8,130 5,892 2,172 139 26 3,459
2020-Nov 1,194 7,801 5,766 2,203 125 32 3,291
2020-Dec 1,201 8,399 5,928 2,316 82 24 3,522
2021-Jan 1,197 8,770 7,015 2,566 85 22 3,473
No. of new participants
2018-Jan 10 507 0 5 49 8 308
2018-Feb 6 385 2 2 61 5 291
2018-Mar 9 476 0 3 68 8 283
2018-Apr 1 412 1 6 58 10 252
2018-May 11 477 0 7 55 12 296
2018-Jun 8 401 0 4 42 2 244
2018-Jul 8 409 0 3 61 4 263
2018-Aug 9 441 0 13 37 0 263
2018-Sep 6 379 2 7 42 6 184
2018-Oct 22 423 4 7 174 27 228
2018-Nov 14 381 5 10 177 15 191
2018-Dec 13 359 0 10 169 22 194
2019-Jan 11 473 4 22 231 23 246
2019-Feb 19 385 3 16 177 26 215
2019-Mar 18 472 1 21 216 30 229
2019-Apr 14 451 2 28 205 22 233
2019-May 11 451 3 19 222 23 230
2019-Jun 16 461 2 26 167 25 182
2019-Jul 9 464 2 22 176 17 211
2019-Aug 7 423 4 18 211 13 277
2019-Sep 12 401 1 21 178 15 194
2019-Oct 17 424 5 19 187 27 194
2019-Nov 8 377 0 14 156 12 201
2019-Dec 10 387 3 16 130 16 182
2020-Jan 12 456 15 36 226 17 226
2020-Feb 12 427 9 22 202 16 325
2020-Mar 25 868 38 70 115 14 242
2020-Apr 123 1,213 89 129 0 0 196
2020-May 119 1,097 157 130 2 0 172
2020-Jun 136 1,316 281 178 1 1 181
2020-Jul 107 1,348 409 235 4 1 189
2020-Aug 135 1,468 542 270 2 4 128
2020-Sep 143 1,581 533 310 4 2 278
2020-Oct 156 1,536 704 328 13 6 169
2020-Nov 163 1,410 625 345 9 3 170
2020-Dec 163 1,609 688 337 13 0 225
2021-Jan 162 1,512 999 355 7 2 163

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Figure 3. Distribution of national Veterans Health Administration MOVE! Weight Management Program participation by modality, January 2019 through January 2021. A, MOVE! visits. B, MOVE! participants. C, New MOVE! participants. Abbreviations: VVC, VHA Video Connect; CVT, Clinical Video Telehealth.

Distribution of national Veterans Health Administration MOVE! Weight Management Program participation by modality, January 2019 through January 2021. A, MOVE! visits. B, MOVE! participants. C, New MOVE! participants. Abbreviations: VVC, VHA Video Connect; CVT, Clinical Video Telehealth.
Date Percentage of total
In person Telephone VHA Video Connect Clinical Video Telehealth TeleMOVE!
Visits
2019-Jan 73.3 8.0 0.6 9.6 8.4
2019-Feb 73.3 7.6 0.7 10.1 8.4
2019-Mar 73.4 7.6 0.7 10.6 7.7
2019-Apr 73.6 7.3 0.8 10.6 7.6
2019-May 74.0 7.4 0.7 10.2 7.7
2019-Jun 73.4 7.7 0.8 10.0 8.1
2019-Jul 73.5 7.8 0.8 10.0 7.9
2019-Aug 73.7 7.4 0.9 9.8 8.1
2019-Sep 73.5 7.7 0.8 9.9 8.1
2019-Oct 74.5 7.8 0.9 9.6 7.2
2019-Nov 72.7 8.1 1.0 9.7 8.6
2019-Dec 71.5 9.0 1.1 9.5 8.8
2020-Jan 73.7 8.1 1.2 9.7 7.2
2020-Feb 72.9 7.8 1.2 10.1 7.9
2020-Mar 56.6 21.5 4.6 7.0 10.3
2020-Apr 8.2 54.8 23.0 0.0 14.0
2020-May 4.4 52.5 29.2 0.0 13.9
2020-Jun 4.7 49.2 33.4 0.1 12.7
2020-Jul 6.8 42.6 37.8 0.7 12.1
2020-Aug 7.5 40.1 40.9 0.8 10.7
2020-Sep 8.6 37.7 42.6 0.8 10.3
2020-Oct 9.8 35.9 44.1 0.8 9.4
2020-Nov 9.2 35.9 44.1 0.7 10.0
2020-Dec 7.5 37.2 44.7 0.4 10.2
2021-Jan 7.5 34.7 48.3 0.5 9.0
Participants
2019-Jan 67.4 9.2 0.7 9.0 13.7
2019-Feb 68.1 8.8 0.8 9.0 13.4
2019-Mar 68.3 9.0 0.8 9.3 12.6
2019-Apr 68.7 8.5 0.9 9.1 12.8
2019-May 69.0 8.6 0.9 8.8 12.6
2019-Jun 68.3 9.1 1.0 8.8 12.9
2019-Jul 68.1 9.3 1.0 8.5 13.1
2019-Aug 68.6 8.8 1.0 8.4 13.1
2019-Sep 68.6 9.2 1.0 8.4 12.9
2019-Oct 68.9 9.3 1.1 8.6 12.1
2019-Nov 67.7 9.3 1.2 8.7 13.1
2019-Dec 66.5 10.1 1.3 8.6 13.5
2020-Jan 68.4 9.6 1.4 8.5 12.0
2020-Feb 68.1 9.3 1.4 8.9 12.2
2020-Mar 52.9 22.1 4.5 7.0 13.4
2020-Apr 7.9 55.7 16.0 0.0 20.4
2020-May 4.2 55.0 20.8 0.0 19.9
2020-Jun 4.9 52.0 24.2 0.2 18.8
2020-Jul 7.2 46.0 28.1 0.6 18.2
2020-Aug 8.0 44.0 31.1 0.6 16.3
2020-Sep 9.4 41.4 32.5 0.7 15.9
2020-Oct 10.9 39.6 34.1 0.7 14.6
2020-Nov 10.0 39.6 35.1 0.7 14.5
2020-Dec 7.9 41.2 35.4 0.5 15.1
2021-Jan 8.0 39.7 38.1 0.4 13.8
New participants
2019-Jan 78.1 10.5 0.6 5.5 5.3
2019-Feb 80.2 9.5 0.4 4.8 5.1
2019-Mar 78.2 10.8 0.5 5.4 5.1
2019-Apr 79.6 9.9 0.6 4.9 5.0
2019-May 80.1 9.6 0.5 5.1 4.8
2019-Jun 79.8 10.9 0.6 4.4 4.2
2019-Jul 79.4 10.8 0.5 4.4 4.8
2019-Aug 78.5 9.7 0.5 5.1 6.3
2019-Sep 79.7 10.2 0.5 4.8 4.8
2019-Oct 78.2 11.0 0.6 5.4 4.9
2019-Nov 77.8 11.1 0.4 4.8 5.8
2019-Dec 78.0 11.7 0.6 4.3 5.4
2020-Jan 78.4 10.3 1.1 5.3 5.0
2020-Feb 75.6 10.6 0.7 5.2 7.8
2020-Mar 61.3 25.2 3.0 3.6 6.8
2020-Apr 10.0 68.7 11.2 0.0 10.1
2020-May 7.0 67.4 15.9 0.1 9.5
2020-Jun 9.4 62.9 19.9 0.1 7.8
2020-Jul 11.0 56.5 25.0 0.2 7.3
2020-Aug 9.1 57.2 29.0 0.2 4.6
2020-Sep 12.1 53.2 26.0 0.2 8.6
2020-Oct 13.6 50.2 30.6 0.6 5.0
2020-Nov 12.8 50.4 31.0 0.4 5.4
2020-Dec 10.5 52.3 30.2 0.4 6.6
2021-Jan 10.7 46.7 37.8 0.3 4.5

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Figure 4. Monthly percentage change in national Veterans Health Administration MOVE! Weight Management Program participation by modality in January 2020 through January 2021 relative to monthly average in prior years. A, MOVE! visits. B, MOVE! participants. C, New MOVE! participants. Note that the scale in C differs from the scale in A and B.

Monthly percentage change in national Veterans Health Administration MOVE! Weight Management Program participation by modality in January 2020 through January 2021 relative to monthly average in prior years. A, MOVE! visits. B, MOVE! participants. C, New MOVE! participants. Note that the scale in C differs from the scale in A and B.
Date Visits, % change Participants, % change New participants, % change
In person Telehealth Total In person Telehealth Total In person Telehealth Total
2020-Jan 9 3 7 −1 −7 −3 −5 4 −3
2020-Feb 7 6 6 0 −3 −1 −9 27 −2
2020-Mar −42 19 −26 −31 27 −13 −40 50 −22
2020-Apr −95 66 −51 −94 51 −48 −95 106 −58
2020-May −97 72 −53 −97 54 −49 −97 85 −61
2020-Jun −96 99 −44 −96 68 −44 −94 165 −48
2020-Jul −94 108 −40 −94 74 −40 −92 178 −40
2020-Aug −94 107 −41 −93 74 −40 −93 197 −37
2020-Sep −92 142 −29 −91 91 −33 −88 294 −19
2020-Oct −92 114 −39 −89 89 −33 −86 231 −20
2020-Nov −92 114 −35 −90 93 −30 −86 249 −13
2020-Dec −92 147 −23 −91 113 −22 −86 302 2
2021-Jan −93 127 −35 −92 107 −28 −89 220 −22

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