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Trial reportJournal of the National Medical Association2009

A pilot trial of spirituality counseling for weight loss maintenance in African American breast cancer survivors.

Zora Djuric, Josephine Mirasolo, LaVern Kimbrough, Diane R Brown, Lance K Heilbrun, Lisa Canar, Raghu Venkatranamamoorthy, Michael S Simon

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of the National Medical Association, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00872677 (A Culturally-Tailored Weight Loss Program), which is not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 16 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00872677 completednot on this map

A Culturally-Tailored Weight Loss Program

TypeobservationalSponsorBarbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteRan2004 to 2008Enrolled31ConditionsBreast Cancer, Obesity, Weight ChangesArmsDiet, Spiritual counseling
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Body weight management in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  11. Weight Loss Randomized Intervention Trials in Female Cancer Survivors.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2016
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  13. Systematic review of behavioural interventions with culturally adapted strategies to improve diet and weight outcomes in African American women.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2014
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  16. Weight loss and African-American women: a systematic review of the behavioural weight loss intervention literature.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zora DjuricDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5930, USA. zoralong@umich.edu
Josephine Mirasolo
LaVern Kimbrough
Diane R Brown
Lance K Heilbrun
Lisa Canar
Raghu Venkatranamamoorthy
Michael S Simon
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Tumor Biology and Microenvironment (Program 1)P30CA022453 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Julie Lynn Boerner · 1985 to 2026
$68.4M
A Culturally-Tailored Weight Loss ProgramR21CA100720 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SIMON, MICHAEL S · 2004 to 2005
$408k
NCI NIH HHS 1R21 CA100720NCI NIH HHS P30 CA022453NCI NIH HHS R21 CA100720
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A continuing challenge in weight loss treatment is attaining maintenance of weight loss. The goal of this study was to develop a counseling method that would assist African American breast cancer survivors with weight loss maintenance. In this pilot study, 31 obese breast cancer survivors were recruited. Individualized, dietitian-led counseling by telephone and free Weight Watchers coupons were provided to all participants for 18 months. At the 6-month time point, women were randomized to receive spirituality counseling or not in addition to the standard program. The spirituality counseling was delivered via telephone using an 8-step framework. Subjects were asked to utilize daily meditation or prayer, daily readings, and the recording of thoughts in a journal. Mean weight loss from baseline to 6 months was a modest 2.0% of baseline weight. From 6 to 18 months, there was no further weight change in the spirituality arm and a gain of 0.7% in the dietitian-only arm. Despite little effect on weight loss, it did appear that spirituality counseling positively affected spiritual well-being (FACIT-Sp) scores and dietary quality. The spirituality counseling framework therefore may be further refined and useful for other health promotion studies with African American populations.

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Black or African AmericanDirective CounselingReligion and PsychologyWeight LossBody Mass IndexBreast NeoplasmsDiet RecordsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMotor ActivityObesityPilot ProjectsQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesSurvival Analysis

Identifiers

PMID19585923
PMCPMC2719839
OpenAlexW1528310978

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