Early-phase study of a telephone-based intervention to reduce weight regain among bariatric surgery patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study describes early-phase development of a behavioral intervention to reduce weight regain following bariatric surgery. We utilized the Obesity-Related Behavioral Intervention Trials model to guide intervention development and evaluation. We sought to establish recruitment, retention, and fidelity monitoring procedures; evaluate feasibility of utilizing weight from the electronic medical record (EMR) as an outcome; observe improvement in behavioral risk factors; and evaluate treatment acceptability.

Method

The intervention comprised 4 weekly telephone calls addressing behavior change strategies for diet, physical activity, and nutrition supplement adherence and 5 biweekly calls addressing weight loss maintenance constructs. Veterans (N = 33) who recei

SUBMITTER: Voils CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7219473 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature