title: Cognitive-behavioural guided self-help for obesity: a preliminary research.
abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of the manual for obesity Perdere peso senza perdere la testa (Losing weight without losing your mind) used in form of guided self-help on 161 patients. Three levels of treatments were compared: (a) guided self-help treatment (GSH); (b) minimal guided self-help treatment (M-GSH); (c) control condition (CC). At the end of the treatment, a significant reduction in body weight was observed in GSH and M-GSH, but not in the CC. At six-month follow-up 32.7% of GSH subjects and 15.1% of M-GSH subjects were able to maintain at least a 5% weight loss. The findings show that GSH is more effective than M-GSH in determining a significant short-term reduction of body weight.
authors.affiliation: Unità Funzionale di Riabilitazione Nutrizionale, Casa di Cura Villa Garda, Garda (VR), Italy. rdalleg@tin.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dalle Grave
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Todesco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banderali
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guardini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires