The Stress Management Training Provided to Obese Women

Cumhuriyet University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Training; Obese Women; Stress

Treatments: Other: The stress management training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05281822

TR SIVAS 01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Introduction: Obesity, which is an important public healthcare issue, can affect women's physical, mental, social health, stress level, and coping negatively.

Aim: The present study was conducted to determine the effects of stress management training provided to obese women on eating attitudes, stress, and coping with stress.

Full description

Methods: The sampling of the randomized controlled experimental study based on the pre-test and post-test model consisted of 70 women (experimental = 35; control = 35) with a Body Mass Index ≥30, who applied to a Community Healthcare Center Obesity Unit in primary care in Turkey. The data were collected by using Personal Information Form, Perceived Stress Scale, Stress Coping Styles Scale, Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire, and height-weight measurements.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 23 to 66 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women who lived in the city center,
• Body Mass Index ≥30,
• Having no perception and communication problems and being able to answer questions,
• Women who volunteered to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Being a man
• Non-obese women and those with a body mass index below 30
• Those with communication problems
• Those who do not live in the city center

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The BMI (kg/m2) was calculated by measuring the height and weight of the women in the experimental groups. Then, the women in the experimental group were provided with stress management training to help cope with stress conditions, how to use positive coping in conditions in case of stress and tension. In terms of the reliability of the training, each woman was interviewed face-to-face, which lasted for 30-40 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: The stress management training