Healthy Lifestyle Deck of cards as a tool for cognitive-behavioral therapy in adults with obesity

• Autor(a) principal: ALMEIDA, Vanessa Ponstinnicoff de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: OLIVEIRA, Milena Santos de, MORAES, Amanda dos Santos, PADOVANI, Ricardo da Costa, CARANTI, Danielle Arisa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/10406
• topic: Cognitive behavioral therapy; Coping skills; Interdisciplinary research; Obesity; Terapia cognitivo-comportamental; Estratégias de enfrentamento; Pesquisa interdisciplinar; Obesidade

ObjectiveThis is a mixed-methodology controlled clinical study that assessed the effect of the Health Lifestyle Deck of cards as a Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy tool for obese adults.MethodThe sample was divided into two groups: Intervention group and Intervention+Deck. The therapy was interdisciplinary handled by psychology, nutrition and physical education professionals, along 12 sessions. The following measures were performed: anthropometric assessment, indicators of binge eating, depression, anxiety and stress, quality of life, selfefficacy for eating habits, and physical activity at the beginning and the end of the intervention. Participants’ written and verbal reports’ content was analyzed.ResultsThe results were: a reduction in body mass, binge eating, and improvement of self-efficacy to regulate eating habits in both groups. There was an improvement in the psychological domain of quality of life only in the Intervention+Deck group.ConclusionThe study concluded that the intervention favored participants’ cognitive and behavioral changes.