Testing an Internet-Based Turkish Obesity Behavioral Therapy Program: A Randomized Study
Author(s) -
Cenan Hepdurgun,
Ozgun Ozalay,
Şebnem Pırıldar,
Gülbin Rudarlı Nalçakan,
Füsun Saygılı,
Selda Seçkiner,
Murat Osman Ünalır,
Hayriye Elbi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
turkish journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 28
ISSN - 1300-2163
DOI - 10.5080/u23783
Subject(s) - weight loss , overweight , medicine , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , turkish , body mass index , obesity , cognitive behavioral therapy , the internet , world wide web , computer science , linguistics , philosophy
Behavioral treatment is recommended as the first line intervention for the prevention of health problems pertaining to obesity. Internet-based programs are used to provide cognitive behavioral therapy for psychiatric disorders and systemic diseases to a large number of patients at low cost. The aim of this study is to develop the first internet based Turkish obesity behavioral therapy program and test its short-term effectiveness.
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