Perceived barriers and facilitators for adherence to lifestyle prescription: Perspective of obese patients with non alcoholic fatty liver disease from north India
Perceived barriers and facilitators for adherence to lifestyle prescription: Perspective of obese patients with non alcoholic fatty liver disease from north India
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DOI:
10.1016/j.dsx.2021.05.011
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发表时间:
2021-06-26
影响因子:
10
通讯作者:
Shalimar
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作者:
Arora, Charu;Malhotra, Anita;Shalimar
Background and aims: This study aims to identify the barriers and facilitators faced by obese patients with NAFLD from north India, while undergoing lifestyle-modification.Methods: 30 obese patients with NAFLD were interviewed regarding the barriers and facilitators to lifestyle change and responses were noted. Inductive thematic analysis was used.Results: Eight themes under barriers (lack of family support, difficult intervention, work-related, financial, psychological, social, physical and infrastructure related) and four themes under facilitators (family support, intensive nature of intervention, psychological and physiological) were identified from the reponses.Conclusions: Personalized and socio-culturally appropriate counseling strategies may promote successful treatment outcomes among these patients. (C) 2021 Diabetes India. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.