Training Healthcare Professionals to Deliver a Group-Based Intervention for People Living With Severe Obesity: Lessons From the PROGROUP Feasibility Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Group-based programmes are increasingly adopted to support people living with obesity, as they have the potential to reduce staff time and costs and enhance motivation and capability for behaviour change. Group-based programmes could also provide members with opportunities to form meaningful social connections. As such, training should equip healthcare professionals to deliver group interventions successfully and be accessible and feasible for them to complete. This study presents how mixed-methods process evaluation data from the feasibility randomised controlled trial of PROGROUP (a group-based weight management intervention for people living with severe obesity) informed optimisation of the PROGROUP training programme.

Methods

Five healthcare professionals (f

SUBMITTER: Moghadam S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12852526 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature