Open AccessDiscrepancies Between Clinician and Participant Intervention Adherence Ratings Predict Percent Weight Change During a Six-Month Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention
Author(s) -
Michael P. Berry,
Elisabeth M. Seburg,
Meghan L. Butryn,
Robert W. Jeffery,
Melissa M. Crane,
Rona L. Levy,
Evan M. Forman,
Nancy E. Sherwood
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
translational behavioral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1869-6716
pISSN - 1613-9860
DOI - 10.1093/tbm/ibab011
Subject(s) - weight loss , medicine , context (archaeology) , intervention (counseling) , rating scale , clinical psychology , weight change , physical therapy , psychology , obesity , psychiatry , developmental psychology , paleontology , biology
Individuals receiving behavioral weight loss treatment frequently fail to adhere to prescribed dietary and self-monitoring instructions, resulting in weight loss clinicians often needing to assess and intervene in these important weight control behaviors. A significant obstacle to improving adherence is that clinicians and clients sometimes disagree on the degree to which clients are actually adherent. However, prior research has not examined how clinicians and clients differ in their perceptions of client adherence to weight control behaviors, nor the implications for treatment outcomes.