Effect of a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention in People With Serious Mental Illness and Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Given the high prevalence of obesity and diabetes in patients with serious mental illness (SMI) and the lack of evidence on the effects of weight loss programs in SMI patients with diabetes, we evaluated the effectiveness of a behavioral weight loss intervention among SMI participants with and without diabetes.

Research design and methods

Using data from ACHIEVE, a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of a behavioral weight loss intervention among overweight/obese people with SMI, we assessed and compared weight change from baseline to 18 months in participants with and without diabetes using a longitudinal mixed-effects model.

Results

Of the 291 trial participants, 82 (28.2%) participants had diabetes (34 and 48 in intervention and control gr

SUBMITTER: Tseng E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6489111 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature