Trial reportGeneral hospital psychiatry
A positive psychology-motivational interviewing program to promote physical activity in type 2 diabetes: The BEHOLD-16 pilot randomized trial.
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- Telehealth delivery of motivational interviewing for diabetes management: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Patient education and counseling · 2022Pooled it
- A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial of a Positive Psychology Intervention for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: The WISH Proof-of-Concept Trial.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Trial
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- A text message intervention to promote physical activity in midlife: The MASTERY randomized pilot trial.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Article
- The Role of Psychological Health in Cardiovascular Health: A Racial Comparison.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Positive Psychology Interventions for Improving Self-management Behaviors in Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: a Narrative Review of Current Evidence.Current diabetes reports · 2023Review
- An eHealth, Positive Emotion Skills Intervention for Enhancing Psychological Well-Being in Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Results from a Multi-Site, Pilot Feasibility Trial.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Motivational interviewing-an evidence-based, collaborative, goal-oriented communication approach in lifestyle medicine: A comprehensive review of the literature.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2023Review
- Positive Psychology Interventions in Medical Populations: Critical Issues in Intervention Development, Testing, and Implementation.Affective science · 2023Review
- Women with breast cancer's perceptions of nurse-led telephone-based motivational interviewing consultations to enhance adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Latent growth curve modeling of physical activity trajectories in a positive-psychology and motivational interviewing intervention for people with type 2 diabetes.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Cultivation of Positive Psychological Quality of College Students' English Learning Under the Online and Offline Teaching Mode During the Epidemic.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- A phone and text message intervention to improve physical activity in midlife: initial feasibility testing.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Well-Being and Health in Kidney Failure: A Scoping Review.Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison PsychiatryArticle
- The Role of Positive Psychology in Lifestyle Medicine.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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Abstract
backgroundThe majority of persons with type 2 diabetes (T2D) do not meet recommended levels of physical activity, despite clear links between physical activity and superior medical outcomes in this population. The objective of this trial was to assess the feasibility and impact of a novel 16-week combined positive psychology-motivational interviewing (PP-MI) program to promote physical activity among inactive persons with T2D.
methodsThis pilot randomized trial compared the 16-week, phone-delivered PP-MI intervention to an attention-matched diabetes counseling condition among 70 persons with T2D and low levels of baseline moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA; <150 min/week). The primary study outcomes were feasibility (assessed via rates of session completion) and acceptability (assessed via mean participant ratings [0-10] of the ease and utility of weekly sessions). Key secondary outcomes included between-group differences in improvement in positive affect, other psychological outcomes, and accelerometer-measured physical activity, assessed using mixed effects regression models, at 16 and 24 weeks.
resultsParticipants completed a mean 11.0 (SD 4.4; 79%) of 14 PP-MI phone sessions, and composite mean ratings of ease/utility were 8.6/10, above our a priori benchmarks for feasibility/acceptability (70% session completion; 7.0/10 mean ratings). PP-MI participants had small to medium effect size (ES) difference improvements in MVPA (ES difference = 0.34) and steps/day (ES difference = 0.76) at 16 weeks, with sustained but smaller effects at 24 weeks (ES difference = 0.22-0.33).
conclusionsNext-step studies of this PP-MI program in T2D patients can more rigorously explore the intervention's effects on physical activity and clinical outcomes.
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