ArticlePsychiatric rehabilitation journal2016
Perceptions of strategies for successful weight loss in persons with serious mental illness participating in a behavioral weight loss intervention: A qualitative study.
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- Mental health consumers' perspectives of physical health interventions: An integrative review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2022Review
- Learning, doing and sticking with it: A qualitative study on achieving clinically significant reduction in cardiovascular disease risk in a healthy lifestyle intervention for people with serious mental illness.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Implications of Dietary Intake and Eating Behaviors for People with Serious Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Participant Experiences With a Peer-Led Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2021Article
- Correlates of Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Racially and Ethnically Diverse People with Serious Mental Illness in Supportive Housing.Community mental health journal · 2020Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Student-Led Lifestyle (Diet and Exercise) Intervention Within a Residential Rehabilitation Setting for People With Severe Mental Illness, GO HEART (Group Occupation, Health, Exercise And Rehabilitation Treatment).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Patient perspectives on how living with a mental illness affects making and maintaining healthy lifestyle changes.Patient education and counseling · 2019Article
- Development and Evaluation of Innovative Peer-Led Physical Activity Programs for Mental Health Service Users.The Journal of nervous and mental disease · 2017Article
- Health behavior models for informing digital technology interventions for individuals with mental illness.Psychiatric rehabilitation journal · 2017Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to describe perceptions of weight loss strategies, benefits, and barriers among persons with serious mental illness who lost weight in the ACHIEVE behavioral weight loss intervention.
methodsSemistructured interviews with 20 ACHIEVE participants were conducted and analyzed using an inductive coding approach.
resultsParticipants perceived tailored exercise sessions, social support, and dietary strategies taught in ACHIEVE-such as reducing portion sizes and avoiding sugar-sweetened beverages-as useful weight loss strategies. Health benefits, improved physical appearance, self-efficacy, and enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living were commonly cited benefits of intervention participation and weight loss. Some participants reported challenges with giving up snack food and reducing portion sizes, and barriers to exercise related to medical conditions. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: There is emerging evidence that behavioral weight loss interventions can lead to clinically meaningful reductions in body weight among persons with serious mental illness. The perspective of persons with serious mental illness regarding strategies for, benefits of, and barriers to weight loss during participation in behavioral weight loss programs provide insight into which elements of multicomponent interventions such as ACHIEVE are most effective. The results of this study suggest that tailored exercise programs, social support, and emphasis on nonclinical benefits of intervention participation, such as improvements in self-efficacy and the ability to participate more actively in family and community activities, are promising facilitators of engagement and success in behavioral weight loss interventions for the population with serious mental illness. (PsycINFO Database Record
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