title: Weight-loss interventions for overweight/obese adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods systematic review protocol.
abstract: The objective of this mixed methods review is to develop an aggregated synthesis of qualitative and quantitative data on weight-loss interventions for overweight/obese adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain in an attempt to derive conclusions and recommendations useful for clinical practice and policy decision making.The objective of the quantitative component of this review is to quantify the effectiveness of weight-loss interventions on weight, pain and physical and/or psychosocial function in overweight/obese adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain.The objectives of the qualitative component of this review are to explore the perceptions and experiences of overweight/obese adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain of the link between their weight and pain, and the effectiveness and appropriateness of weight-loss interventions and sustainability of weight-loss efforts.
authors.affiliation: 1Health and Social Care Institute, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, UK 2Teesside Centre for Evidence-Based Practice: an Affiliate Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 3The Scottish Centre for Evidenced-Based, Multi-professional Practice: a Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen 4Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK 5Lerner Research Institute, Department of Pathobiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Cormac
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Louisa Jane
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Ells
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Mark I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kirwan
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000150:complications*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic; D015431:Weight Loss