{"title":"Feasibility of a Dual Evaluation/Intervention Program for Morbidly Obese Adolescents.","authors":"Silvana Fennig, Anat Brunstein-Klomek, Ariel Sasson, Irit Halifa Kurtzman, Arie Hadas","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the absence of evidence-based guidelines for screening adolescent candidates for bariatric surgery, or improving their adherence to preoperative recommendations, we designed a dual-phase multidisciplinary program aiming for observation-based preoperative assessment/ intervention, as well as for post-operative/ conservative follow up.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study focused on the preoperative 3-month phase. Fifteen morbidly obese adolescents attending the eating disorders unit of a pediatric hospital underwent the program protocol consisting of medical examinations/ tests, psychological measures, self-monitoring, tailored diet, physical activity schedule, individual and group cognitive behavior-oriented therapy, and psycho educational parent training.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All patients completed the preoperative phase. Most of them (70%) followed the structured diet with a significant reduction in BMI. The patients complied with self-monitoring, and body dissatisfaction score improved. Parental participation in therapy was poor. Four patients with low adherence were found ineligible for surgery.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings support the feasibility of our dual screening/intervention protocol. Measures to improve parental participation are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":49288,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PSYCHIATRY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: In the absence of evidence-based guidelines for screening adolescent candidates for bariatric surgery, or improving their adherence to preoperative recommendations, we designed a dual-phase multidisciplinary program aiming for observation-based preoperative assessment/ intervention, as well as for post-operative/ conservative follow up.
Methods: This study focused on the preoperative 3-month phase. Fifteen morbidly obese adolescents attending the eating disorders unit of a pediatric hospital underwent the program protocol consisting of medical examinations/ tests, psychological measures, self-monitoring, tailored diet, physical activity schedule, individual and group cognitive behavior-oriented therapy, and psycho educational parent training.
Results: All patients completed the preoperative phase. Most of them (70%) followed the structured diet with a significant reduction in BMI. The patients complied with self-monitoring, and body dissatisfaction score improved. Parental participation in therapy was poor. Four patients with low adherence were found ineligible for surgery.
Conclusions: The findings support the feasibility of our dual screening/intervention protocol. Measures to improve parental participation are warranted.
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THE ISRAEL JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY publishes original articles dealing with the all bio-psycho-social aspects of psychiatry. While traditionally the journal has published manuscripts relating to mobility, relocation, acculturation, ethnicity, stress situations in war and peace, victimology and mental health in developing countries, papers addressing all aspects of the psychiatry including neuroscience, biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy and ethics are welcome. The Editor also welcomes pertinent book reviews and correspondence. Preference is given to research reports of no more than 5,000 words not including abstract, text, references, tables and figures. There should be no more than 40 references and 4 tables or figures. Brief reports (1,500 words, 5 references) are considered if they have heuristic value. Books to be considered for review should be sent to the editorial office. Selected book reviews are invited by the editor.