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Reaching women with obesity to support weight loss before pregnancy: feasibility and qualitative assessment

BACKGROUND: We sought to assess attitudes toward weight and barriers to recruitment of women with obesity for a potential preconception weight-loss/lifestyle modification intervention. METHODS: We performed a qualitative study involving women of reproductive age (18–45) with obesity (body mass index...

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Autores principales: Simon, Denise, Kaimal, Anjali J., Oken, Emily, Hivert, Marie-France
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7254592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32518915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2633494120909106
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Kaimal, Anjali J.
Oken, Emily
Hivert, Marie-France
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description BACKGROUND: We sought to assess attitudes toward weight and barriers to recruitment of women with obesity for a potential preconception weight-loss/lifestyle modification intervention. METHODS: We performed a qualitative study involving women of reproductive age (18–45) with obesity (body mass index ⩾30 kg/m(2)) who were considering a pregnancy in the next 2 years. We evaluated four methods of recruitment. We used previously validated survey questions to evaluate risk perceptions. In a subset, we used semistructured interviews for topics that required more in-depth information: domains included attitudes toward weight-related issues, intentions, and barriers to engagement in a structured weight-loss program. We performed qualitative analyses of interview transcripts using immersion crystallization. RESULTS: We recruited the majority (80/82, 98%) of women using e-recruitment strategies. Eighty-one women filled out the survey and 39 completed an interview. Three-quarters of the women surveyed (60 of 81) reported attempts to lose weight in the past year and 77% (68/81) of survey respondents cited jobs and work schedules as a barrier to adopting healthy habits. More than 87% (34 of 39) of women interviewed reported willingness to participate in a structured weight-loss program prior to getting pregnant. Of these, 74% (25 of 34) stated they would consider delaying their attempts at a future pregnancy in order to participate in such a program. CONCLUSIONS: E-recruitment is a promising strategy for recruitment for preconception weight-loss and lifestyle modification program. Most women state a willingness to delay pregnancy attempts to participate in a weight-loss program.
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spelling pubmed-72545922020-06-08 Reaching women with obesity to support weight loss before pregnancy: feasibility and qualitative assessment Simon, Denise Kaimal, Anjali J. Oken, Emily Hivert, Marie-France Ther Adv Reprod Health Original Research BACKGROUND: We sought to assess attitudes toward weight and barriers to recruitment of women with obesity for a potential preconception weight-loss/lifestyle modification intervention. METHODS: We performed a qualitative study involving women of reproductive age (18–45) with obesity (body mass index ⩾30 kg/m(2)) who were considering a pregnancy in the next 2 years. We evaluated four methods of recruitment. We used previously validated survey questions to evaluate risk perceptions. In a subset, we used semistructured interviews for topics that required more in-depth information: domains included attitudes toward weight-related issues, intentions, and barriers to engagement in a structured weight-loss program. We performed qualitative analyses of interview transcripts using immersion crystallization. RESULTS: We recruited the majority (80/82, 98%) of women using e-recruitment strategies. Eighty-one women filled out the survey and 39 completed an interview. Three-quarters of the women surveyed (60 of 81) reported attempts to lose weight in the past year and 77% (68/81) of survey respondents cited jobs and work schedules as a barrier to adopting healthy habits. More than 87% (34 of 39) of women interviewed reported willingness to participate in a structured weight-loss program prior to getting pregnant. Of these, 74% (25 of 34) stated they would consider delaying their attempts at a future pregnancy in order to participate in such a program. CONCLUSIONS: E-recruitment is a promising strategy for recruitment for preconception weight-loss and lifestyle modification program. Most women state a willingness to delay pregnancy attempts to participate in a weight-loss program. SAGE Publications 2020-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7254592/ /pubmed/32518915 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2633494120909106 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2633494120909106
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