Individual versus group therapy for obesity: Comparison of dropout rate and treatment outcome
Individual versus group therapy for obesity: Comparison of dropout rate and treatment outcome
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DOI:
10.1007/bf03327593
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发表时间:
2007-12-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Zamboni, M.
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作者:
Minniti, A.;Bissoli, L.;Zamboni, M.
AIMS: To compare outcome and dropout rates of an individual nutritional counselling (IT) and a cognitive behavioural group therapy (GT) after 6 months of treatment. METHODS: One hundred and twenty-nine women (72 in the IT and 57 in the GT group) aged 18-65 years, with body mass index (BMI)>= 25 kg/m(2). Body weight height and waist circumference were measured. Obesity Related Well Being 97 questionnaire (ORWELL 97), Body Uneasiness Test (BUT), Symptom Check List 90 (SCL 90) and Binge Eating Scale (BLS) tests were used to evaluate psychometrical variables. RESULTS: After 6 months, 37.2% (54.2% of initial IT sample and 15,8% of initial GT sample) of subjects abandoned the treatment programme. Completers were older (p