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Title: | Factors associated with weight loss within a blended virtual and face-to-face MOVE!® Program: A retrospective study |
Authors: | Sala, Margaret Quinn, Noel Freeman, John Taylor 0000-0002-1560-649x |
Keywords: | Veterans MOVE! behavioral weight management weight loss weight Obesity overweight multidisciplinary Veteran Health Administration (VHA) veteran affairs telemedicine |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Citation: | Sala, M., Quinn, N., & Freeman, J. T. (2021). Factors associated with weight loss within a blended virtual and face-to-face MOVE!® Program: A retrospective study. Military Behavioral Health, 9(3), 297–302. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2021.1888828 |
Series/Report no.: | Military Behavioral Health,;(3) |
Abstract: | Obesity is highly prevalent in the U.S. veteran population. The present study aimed to examine predictors of weight loss within VA Connecticut Healthcare System’s (VACT) behavioral weight management program, MOVE!®. Participants were 159 veterans receiving care at VACT who enrolled in MOVE!. Participants attended an average of 8.8/16 MOVE! sessions and had an average 5.3 lb (2.1%) total body weight loss; 15.1% of participants lost a clinically significant amount of weight (>5%). The number of sessions that participants attended was associated with weight loss, such that participants who attended 7–12 sessions lost an average of 7.2 lbs and participants who attended 13+ sessions lost an average of 8.6 lbs, whereas participants who attended 7 or fewer sessions lost an average of 1.4 lbs. Teleconferencing in from a community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) location was also associated with weight loss, such that participants who were at a CBOC lost an average of 7.5 lbs, whereas participants at the main campus lost an average of 3.5 lbs. Results from this single-site observation study suggest a dose-response relationship within MOVE!, where participants who attended more sessions lost more weight. Teleconferencing in from CBOCs was an effective manner to deliver MOVE!. |
Description: | Scholarly article |
URI: | https://ezproxy.yu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=edo&AN=ejs57220891&site=eds-live&scope=site https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9400 |
ISSN: | 21635781; 21635803 |
Appears in Collections: | Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Faculty Publications |
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