title: Interdisciplinary treatment of a female outpatient population. Organizational model and preliminary results.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the efficacy of diet alone vs interdisciplinary therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  256 women were divided into an interdisciplinary therapy group composed of 102 subjects and a control group composed of 154 subjects treated by means of diet alone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  21.56% of the interdisciplinary group did not come for the 2 check-ups compared with 49.35% of the diet group (p < 0.001). A weight loss of 5.88 kg and 4.18 kg for the interdisciplinary and the diet group was recorded 8 weeks after the start of the programme (second check-up).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interdisciplinary therapy is necessary to personalize treatment and satisfy the patient's desire and need for appropriate and effective management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobehavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy. boschi@unina.it
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Boschi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siervo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nasti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trapanese
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: D'Orsi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Augelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Margiotta
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bellini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Falconi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000886:Anthropometry; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D002149:Energy Intake; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*