Stepped-care in obesity treatment: Matching treatment intensity to participant performance
| Autor: | Nova Hinman, Robert A. Carels, Marissa Wagner Oehlhof, Afton M. Koball, Amanda Gumble, Lynn A. Darby, Kathleen M. Young |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Treatment matching Time Factors Overweight Body weight Article Weight loss Internal medicine Weight Loss Treatment intensity medicine Humans Stepped care Obesity business.industry Intensive treatment Middle Aged medicine.disease Weight Reduction Programs Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom Energy Intake Energy Metabolism business |
| Zdroj: | Eating Behaviors. 13:112-118 |
| ISSN: | 1471-0153 |
| Popis: | This investigation examined the effectiveness of a self-help (SH), stepped-care (SC) weight loss program. Based on a failure to achieve pre-assigned weight loss goals, participants were eligible to be stepped-up from a SH program to two levels of treatment intensity (weight loss group [WLG]; individual counseling [IC]) beyond SH. The primary outcome was change in body weight. Fifty-three overweight/obese adults (BMI≥27 kg/m2; mean BMI of 37.3, SD=6.6, 89% Caucasian, and 77% female) participated in an 18-week weight loss intervention. During several phases of the investigation, those stepped-up to more intensive treatment lost comparable weight to those who were not stepped-up. Nevertheless, by the end of treatment, individuals who remained in SH (M = 8.6%) lost a significantly greater percentage of weight than individuals who received SH+IC (M = 4.7%; p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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