ReviewFrontiers in psychology2015
Assessing motivation and readiness to change for weight management and control: an in-depth evaluation of three sets of instruments.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Validation of the Brazilian version of the processes of change questionnaire in weight management in adults with overweight and obesity in Brazil.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Weight Loss Readiness Test in Active Duty Military Personnel Enrolled in a Weight Management Trial.Military medicine · 2024Article
- Vida Sana y Completa: A randomized controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of diabetes prevention with and without medically supportive groceries among Latina women.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Web-Based Intervention to Act for Weight Loss in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes With Obesity (Chance2Act): Protocol for a Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Relationships examined: Parent and child readiness to change and sociodemographic characteristics in family based weight loss treatment.Pediatric obesity · 2023Article
- Adherence to CPAP Treatment: Can Mindfulness Play a Role?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Clinical efficacy of a virtual reality tool for the treatment of obesity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Personality and Body Mass Index in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2021Article
- Improving CPAP Adherence in Adults With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Scoping Review of Motivational Interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Motivating Children and Adolescents in Obesity Treatment.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2020Review
- Factors Associated with Tendency for Weight Loss in a Representative Sample of Children and Adolescents: The CASPIAN-V Study.International journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Lifestyle-related advice in the management of obesity: A step-wise approach.Journal of education and health promotion · 2020Review
- Barriers and facilitators in implementing a pilot, pragmatic, telemedicine-delivered healthy lifestyle program for obesity management in a rural, academic obesity clinic.Implementation science communications · 2020Article
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- The implementation of the coaching on lifestyle (CooL) intervention: lessons learnt.BMC health services research · 2019Article
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Abstract
It is highly recommended to promptly assess motivation and readiness to change (RTC) in individuals who wish to achieve significant lifestyle behavior changes in order to improve their health, overall quality of life, and well-being. In particular, motivation should be assessed for those who face the difficult task to maintain weight, which implies a double challenge: weight loss initially and its management subsequently. In fact, weight-control may be as problematic as smoking or drugs-taking cessation, since they all share the commonality of being highly refractory to change. This paper will examine three well-established tools following the Transtheoretical Model, specifically assessing RTC in weight management: the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale, the S-Weight and the P-Weight and the Decisional Balance Inventory. Though their strengths and weaknesses may appear to be rather homogeneous and similar, the S-Weight and P-Weight are more efficient in assessing RTC in weight management and control. Assessing motivation and RTC may be a crucial step in promptly identifying psychological obstacles or resistance toward weight-management in overweight or obese hospitalized individuals, and it may contribute to provide a more effective weight-control treatment intervention.
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