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Low Goal Ownership Predicts Drop-out from a Weight Intervention Study in Overweight Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

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Huisman, Sasja, Maes, Stan, De Gucht, Véronique J., Chatrou, Marlène, Haak, Harm R.·2010·International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Drop-out is a major problem in weight loss studies. Although previous attrition research has examined some predictors of drop-out, theoretically grounded research on psychological predictors of drop-out from weight interventions has been lacking. PURPOSE: To examine psychological predictors of drop-out from a weight reduction study in diabetes type 2 patients. METHOD: A clinical trial was conducted with 101 overweight/obese (body mass index >27) diabetes type 2 patients. Patients were randomly assigned to a self-regulation intervention, an active control group, and a passive control group. Psychological, somatic, socio-demographic, and lifestyle variables were examined as predictors of drop-out from baseline to 6 months follow-up. RESULTS: Multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that low autonomous regulation or low 'goal ownership' was the best predictor of drop-out. CONCLUSION: It is suggested that the assessment of 'goal ownership' prior to a weight reduction intervention could identify patients who are sufficiently motivated to participate. Patients who score low on 'goal ownership' may be offered pretreatment interventions to increase their motivation.

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  • The rate of dropping out of treatment in psychiatric outpatients is highly variable and depends on the definition and time of drop out as well as the characteristics of the population sample and study design.

    “The rate of dropping out of treatment in psychiatric outpatients is highly variable and depends on the definition and time of drop out as well as the characteristics of the population sample and study design [1, 2].”

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    The Introduction reports substantially different drop-out estimates for weight-loss programs—about one-third versus as high as 80%—and the Methods specify how this study defined drop-out. But the paper concerns overweight patients with type 2 diabetes and excluded people under psychiatric treatment; it does not establish rates for psychiatric outpatients or show that variation depends on the timing of drop-out, sample characteristics, and study design. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Huisman, S., Maes, S., De Gucht, V. J., Chatrou, M., & Haak, H. R.
Affiliations
  • Leiden University (NL)
  • Máxima Medisch Centrum (NL)
Corresponding author
Huisman, Sasja
Venue
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Published
2009-12-22
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
176-181
ISSN
  • 1070-5503 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7558
OpenAlex
W1992660372
Cited by
60
References
27
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
Keywords
attrition, dropout, type 2 diabetes, overweight, obesity, weight loss interventions, autonomous regulation, self-regulation, motivation, predictors of dropout
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Employment, Female, Goals, Humans, Life Style, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Patient Dropouts, Psychology, Logistic Models, Self Efficacy

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