Development of a Tailored Behavioral Weight Loss Program for Veterans With PTSD (MOVE!+UP): A Mixed-Methods Uncontrolled Iterative Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) lose less weight in the Veterans Affairs (VA) weight management program (MOVE!), so we developed MOVE!+UP.

Design

Single-arm pre-post pilot to iteratively develop MOVE!+UP (2015-2018).

Setting

Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Participants

Overweight Veterans with PTSD (5 cohorts of n = 5-11 [N = 44]; n = 39 received ≥1 MOVE+UP session, with cohorts 1-4 [n = 31] = "Development" and cohort 5 [n = 8] = "Final" MOVE!+UP).

Intervention

MOVE!+UP weight management for Veterans with PTSD modified after each cohort. Final MOVE!+UP was coled by a licensed clinical psychologist and Veteran peer counselor in 16 two-hour in-person group sessions and 2 individual dietician visits. Sessions included general we

SUBMITTER: Hoerster KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7478932 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature