Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2014
The effect of a "maintain, don't gain" approach to weight management on depression among black women: results from a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in American journal of public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A Systematic Narrative Review of Recent Obesity Interventions with Black Women in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Pooled it
- Preventing Weight Gain Improves Sleep Quality Among Black Women: Results from a RCT.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2017Trial
- Predictors of Symptoms of Depression Among Black Seventh-Day Adventists in the United States.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- A Small-Changes Weight Loss Programfor African-American Church Members.Health behavior and policy review · 2020Article
- Advancing mental health equality: a mapping review of interventions, economic evaluations and barriers and facilitators.Systematic reviews · 2020Review
- The social justice agenda.American journal of public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe evaluated the effect of a weight gain prevention intervention (Shape Program) on depression among socioeconomically disadvantaged overweight and obese Black women.
methodsBetween 2009 and 2012, we conducted a randomized trial comparing a 12-month electronic health-based weight gain prevention intervention to usual primary care at 5 central North Carolina community health centers. We assessed depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8). We analyzed change in depression score from baseline to 12- and 18-month follow-up across groups with mixed models. We used generalized estimating equation models to analyze group differences in the proportion above the clinical threshold for depression (PHQ-8 score ≥ 10).
resultsAt baseline, 20% of participants reported depression. Twelve-month change in depression scores was larger for intervention participants (mean difference = -1.85; 95% confidence interval = -3.08, -0.61; P = .004). There was a significant reduction in the proportion of intervention participants with depression at 12 months with no change in the usual-care group (11% vs 19%; P = .035). All effects persisted after we controlled for weight change and medication use. We saw similar findings at 18 months.
conclusionsThe Shape Program, which includes no mention of mood, improved depression among socioeconomically disadvantaged Black women.
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