General psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre-treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese women

Background/Aim. Obesity is the chronic disease and health threatening condition. The number of obese people in the world has taken epidemic conditions. Medical nutritional therapy is the first choice in the treatment of obesity, but it is also accompanied with a great percentage of attrition and a s...

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Main Authors: Tepšić-Ostojić Vesna, Ristić-Medić Danijela, Mraović Tatjana, Bukumirić Zoran, Vasiljević Nađa, Latas Milan
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Published: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, Belgrade 2019-01-01
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author Tepšić-Ostojić Vesna
Ristić-Medić Danijela
Mraović Tatjana
Bukumirić Zoran
Vasiljević Nađa
Latas Milan
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description Background/Aim. Obesity is the chronic disease and health threatening condition. The number of obese people in the world has taken epidemic conditions. Medical nutritional therapy is the first choice in the treatment of obesity, but it is also accompanied with a great percentage of attrition and a significant weight regain. The aim of our study was to evaluate if psychiatric and specific psychological factors (impulsivity) could be the predictors of successful weight loss. Methods. A study sample consisted of 84 consecutive overweight/obesity women, 20 to 40 years old, who were willing to adhere to the medical nutrition therapy after the initial anthropometric measurements were performed. All participants received a personalized nutritional counseling and a daily diet treatment with 20% caloric restriction from estimated daily energy requirement. At the beginning of the study, the 90-item Symptom Check-list (SCL-90) and the 30-item Barratt Impulsiveness scale (BIS- 11) were administrated. At the end of six months of caloric restriction, the conventional diet therapy and control weight measurement, the patients were divided into two groups: the group I – 40 participants (48%) who lost ≥ 10% of their initial body weight (successful group) and the group II – 44 participants (52%) who lost < 10% of their initial weight (unsuccessful). Results. There were no significant differences between groups in the demographic data (age, education level, employment, marital status), baseline anthropometric measurements, and in the general psychopathology total score. Groups I and II were significantly different in the total BIS-11 score (p < 0.001) and in Factor II (motor impulsivity) (p < 0.05). Conclusion. Even though the successful and unsuccessful diet responded participatnts did not differ in the general psychopathology and symptom dimensions, our results pointed out impulsivity as a discriminative factor between them. The total impulsivity and Factor II (motor impulsivity) as an indicator of binge eating were higher in the unsuccessfully responding overweight/obese women on the conventional diet treatment. A focus on impulsivity in a psychotherapeutic work might leed to better outcomes in the medical nutrition therapy. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. III41030]
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spelling doaj-art-d8521fa6e772416c88a7bed5ef8e64bc2025-08-20T02:20:58ZengMinistry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, BelgradeVojnosanitetski Pregled0042-84502406-07202019-01-0176111103110910.2298/VSP171107184T0042-84501700184TGeneral psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre-treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese womenTepšić-Ostojić Vesna0Ristić-Medić Danijela1Mraović Tatjana2Bukumirić Zoran3Vasiljević Nađa4Latas Milan5Military Medical Academy, Clinic for Psychiatry, Belgrade, SerbiaCentre of Research Exellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, Belgrade, SerbiaMilitary Medical Academy, Institute of Hygiene and Medical Ecology, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Hygiene and Medical Ecology, Belgrade, SerbiaClinical Centre of Serbia, Clinic of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Belgrade, SerbiaBackground/Aim. Obesity is the chronic disease and health threatening condition. The number of obese people in the world has taken epidemic conditions. Medical nutritional therapy is the first choice in the treatment of obesity, but it is also accompanied with a great percentage of attrition and a significant weight regain. The aim of our study was to evaluate if psychiatric and specific psychological factors (impulsivity) could be the predictors of successful weight loss. Methods. A study sample consisted of 84 consecutive overweight/obesity women, 20 to 40 years old, who were willing to adhere to the medical nutrition therapy after the initial anthropometric measurements were performed. All participants received a personalized nutritional counseling and a daily diet treatment with 20% caloric restriction from estimated daily energy requirement. At the beginning of the study, the 90-item Symptom Check-list (SCL-90) and the 30-item Barratt Impulsiveness scale (BIS- 11) were administrated. At the end of six months of caloric restriction, the conventional diet therapy and control weight measurement, the patients were divided into two groups: the group I – 40 participants (48%) who lost ≥ 10% of their initial body weight (successful group) and the group II – 44 participants (52%) who lost < 10% of their initial weight (unsuccessful). Results. There were no significant differences between groups in the demographic data (age, education level, employment, marital status), baseline anthropometric measurements, and in the general psychopathology total score. Groups I and II were significantly different in the total BIS-11 score (p < 0.001) and in Factor II (motor impulsivity) (p < 0.05). Conclusion. Even though the successful and unsuccessful diet responded participatnts did not differ in the general psychopathology and symptom dimensions, our results pointed out impulsivity as a discriminative factor between them. The total impulsivity and Factor II (motor impulsivity) as an indicator of binge eating were higher in the unsuccessfully responding overweight/obese women on the conventional diet treatment. A focus on impulsivity in a psychotherapeutic work might leed to better outcomes in the medical nutrition therapy. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. III41030]http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2019/0042-84501700184T.pdfbody mass indexdiet therapyimpulsive behaviourobesityoverweightsurveys and questionnairestreatment outcome
spellingShingle Tepšić-Ostojić Vesna
Ristić-Medić Danijela
Mraović Tatjana
Bukumirić Zoran
Vasiljević Nađa
Latas Milan
General psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre-treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese women
Vojnosanitetski Pregled
body mass index
diet therapy
impulsive behaviour
obesity
overweight
surveys and questionnaires
treatment outcome
title General psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre-treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese women
title_full General psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre-treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese women
title_fullStr General psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre-treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese women
title_full_unstemmed General psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre-treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese women
title_short General psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre-treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese women
title_sort general psychopathology and impulsivity as the pre treatment predictors of medical nutrition therapy outcome in the overweight and obese women
topic body mass index
diet therapy
impulsive behaviour
obesity
overweight
surveys and questionnaires
treatment outcome
url http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2019/0042-84501700184T.pdf
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