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Berge J, Hjelmesæth J, Kolotkin RL, Støren Ø, Bratland-Sanda S, Hertel JK, Gjevestad E, Småstuen MC, Helgerud J, Bernklev T. Effect of aerobic exercise intensity on health-related quality of life in severe obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2022; 20:34. [PMID: 35209911 PMCID: PMC8876087 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-022-01940-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background Aerobic exercise is an important part of obesity treatment and may improve health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The objective of this study was to compare the effect of two different exercise programs on health-related quality of life in patients with severe obesity. Methods This was a single-center, open-label, randomized, parallel-group study comparing the effects of a 24-week moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) program and a combined high-intensity interval training program with MICT (HIIT/MICT). The primary objective (specified secondary outcome) was to assess HRQOL by using the general health dimension of the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). The secondary objectives were to assess other dimensional SF-36 scores, the impact of weight on the physical and psychosocial aspects of quality of life (IWQOL-Lite), and the burden of obesity-specific weight symptoms (WRSM). Results 73 patients were enrolled and reported patient reported outcome measures, with 71 patients (55% females) allocated to either MICT (n = 34) or HIIT/MICT (n = 37). In the intention-to-treat analysis, general health scores increased between baseline and 24-week follow-up in both the HIIT/MICT group and the MICT group, with a mean change of 13 (95% CI 6–21) points and 11 (95% CI 5–17) points, respectively, with no difference between the groups. The effect sizes of these changes were moderate. The vitality and social functioning scores of SF-36, and the physical function and self-esteem scores of IWQOL-Lite increased moderately in both groups, with no difference between groups. The tiredness, back pain, and physical stamina scores based on WRSM showed moderate to strong changes in both the groups. Conclusions Patients who had completed a combined HIIT/MICT program did not experience larger improvements in general health compared with those completing a clean 24-week MICT program. Exercise may confer general health benefits independent of intensity. Trials registration Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics south east, Norway, October 23, 2013 (identifier: 2013/1849) and ClinicalTrials.gov December 8, 2014 (identifier: NCT02311738). Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12955-022-01940-y.
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- Jarle Berge
- Morbid Obesity Centre, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Box 2168, 3103, Tønsberg, Norway. .,Clinic of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Stavern, Norway. .,Nature, Health and Environment, University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø, Norway. .,Norwegian Police University College, Stavern, Norway.
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- Morbid Obesity Centre, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Box 2168, 3103, Tønsberg, Norway.,Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Morbid Obesity Centre, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Box 2168, 3103, Tønsberg, Norway.,Quality of Life Consulting, Durham, NC, USA.,Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.,Førde Hospital Trust, Førde, Norway
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- Nature, Health and Environment, University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø, Norway.,Department of Sport, Physical Education and Outdoor Life Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø, Norway
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- Department of Sport, Physical Education and Outdoor Life Studies, University of South-Eastern Norway, Bø, Norway
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- Clinic of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Stavern, Norway.,Norwegian Police University College, Stavern, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Myworkout, Medical Rehabilitation Clinic, Trondheim, Norway
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,R&D Department, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway
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Improved Quality of Life, Fitness, Mental Health and Cardiovascular Risk Factors with a Publicly Funded Bariatric Lifestyle Intervention for Adults with Severe Obesity: A Prospective Cohort Study. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13114172. [PMID: 34836428 PMCID: PMC8618364 DOI: 10.3390/nu13114172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lifestyle modification is the cornerstone of management for patients with severe and complicated obesity, but the effects of structured lifestyle programmes on quality of life, anxiety and depression scores and cardiovascular risk factors are not well-described. We sought to describe changes in self-reported quality of life and mental health-related outcomes as well as cardiovascular risk factors in patients completing a 10-week multidisciplinary lifestyle-modification programme. METHODS We conducted a prospective cohort study of all patients referred from our bariatric service who completed the programme between 2013 and 2019. In addition to weight, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, HbA1c, lipid profile and functional capacity, we quantified health-related quality of life using the Dartmouth COOP Questionnaire and the European Quality of Life Questionnaire Visual Analogue Scale (EQVAS) and mental health using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). RESULTS Of 1122 patients who started the programme, 877 (78.2%) completed it and were included in per protocol analyses. Mean age was 47.3 ± 11.9 years, 66.9% were female, 34.8% were in full- or part-time employment and 69.4% were entitled to state-provided medical care. BMI decreased from 47.0 ± 7.8 to 46.2 ± 7.8 kg m-2 and weight decreased from 131.6 ± 25.5 to 129.5 ± 25.4 kg (both p < 0.001). There were significant reductions in anxiety and depression scores and improvements in all Dartmouth COOP domains. The EQVAS score increased from 52 ± 22 to 63 ± 19 (p < 0.001). Small but statistically significant reductions in LDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure and HBA1c were also observed. CONCLUSIONS Adults with severe and complicated obesity completing a specialised bariatric lifestyle-modification programme showed significant improvements in self-reported mental health and quality of life, in addition to reductions in cardiovascular risk factors.
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Berge J, Støren Ø, Hertel JK, Gjevestad E, Småstuen MC, Hjelmesæth J. Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and weight loss in patients with severe obesity undergoing an intensive lifestyle intervention program: retrospective cohort study. BMC Endocr Disord 2019; 19:69. [PMID: 31262301 PMCID: PMC6604389 DOI: 10.1186/s12902-019-0394-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To assess the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and weight changes in treatment seeking patients with severe obesity who underwent a 1-year intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) program. METHODS Retrospective cohort study conducted at a tertiary care outpatient rehabilitation center from November 1, 2013 through January 1, 2017. CRF was measured as maximal oxygen consumption during a maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) test on a treadmill or bicycle at baseline and after 3 months. RESULTS A total of 180 patients had a baseline mean (SD) BMI 41.1 (4.8) kg/m2 and CRF of 79.4 (14.9) mL·kg-0.75·min- 1. Patients with a baseline CRF above median achieved a greater 3-month and 1-year weight loss compared with patients with CRF below median; mean (95% CI) 2.5 kg (1.3, 3.8) and 4.0 kg (0.8, 7.2), respectively. In addition, patients with 3-month changes of CRF above median had 4.0 kg (0.9, 7.1) greater weight loss at 1-year follow-up than those below median. CONCLUSIONS Among patients with severe obesity who underwent a 1-year ILI program, higher baseline CRF was associated with significantly larger weight loss after 3 months and 1 year. In addition, those with higher initial 3-month CRF changes had greater weight loss at 1 year. TRIAL REGISTRATION Retrospectively registered in Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC) south east September 22, 2016 (2016/1414) and clinicaltials.gov August 13, 2018 (identifier: NCT03593798 ).
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Affiliation(s)
- Jarle Berge
- Morbid Obesity Centre, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Box 2168, 3103 Tønsberg, Norway
- Clinic Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway
- Nature, health and environment, University of Southeast, Bø in Telemark, Norway
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- Nature, health and environment, University of Southeast, Bø in Telemark, Norway
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- Morbid Obesity Centre, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Box 2168, 3103 Tønsberg, Norway
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- Morbid Obesity Centre, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Box 2168, 3103 Tønsberg, Norway
- Clinic Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway
- Norwegian Police University College, Stavern, Norway
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- Morbid Obesity Centre, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Box 2168, 3103 Tønsberg, Norway
- Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Groven KS, Heggen K. Physiotherapists' encounters with "obese" patients: Exploring how embodied approaches gain significance. Physiother Theory Pract 2017; 34:346-358. [PMID: 29120260 DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2017.1400140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Obesity is regarded as a modern lifestyle problem, causing illness, stigma, discrimination, and psychological problems. To help patients avoid these problems, physiotherapists increasingly engage in lifestyle programs specialized in weight loss. OBJECTIVE To explore how physiotherapists' encounters with patients diagnosed as "obese" acquire significance for their development as clinicians. METHOD The material draws on semi-structured interviews with eight physiotherapists. We conducted a thematic analysis inspired by van Manen's hermeneutic-phenomenological approach combined with Kvale and Brinkman's critical approach. FINDINGS The analysis identified the following four themes: 1) Striving to find one's own style of communication; 2) Relating to bodily discrepancies; 3) Developing clinical competence through bodily encounters; and 4) Gaining insight into the dilemmas of group-based lifestyle programs. Taken together, our findings highlight bodily encounters between patients and physiotherapists as an invaluable source of insight. Such insight can shape physiotherapists' development as clinicians inspiring them to develop their unique ways of communicating so that patients diagnosed as obese can feel empowerment rather than failure and shame. At the same time, our findings point to the need of critically reflecting on ones' own approach entering a double role of both controller and supporter. As such, our findings complicate and extend previous work on stigma and shame. CONCLUSION Our research leads us to conclude that more emphasis on critical thinking in physiotherapy is necessary. We suggest that this should be given more priority in research, education, as well as in clinical practice.
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- Karen Synne Groven
- a Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway.,b Department of Health and society , Oslo University College , Norway
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- a Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway
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Danielsen KK, Sundgot-Borgen J, Rugseth G. Severe Obesity and the Ambivalence of Attending Physical Activity: Exploring Lived Experiences. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2016; 26:685-696. [PMID: 26246522 DOI: 10.1177/1049732315596152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Physical activity is considered fundamental in lifestyle interventions. We explore experiences of physical activity prior to, during, and following a 10- to 14-week inpatient lifestyle modification program, including high volume of physical activity, for the treatment of severe obesity. Eight participants from a prospective clinical trial were selected to participate in a complementary qualitative study. The participants' experiences with physical activity during and following the treatment program represented different opposites: "pain and pleasure," "desire and duty," and "bubble and battle." We summarized the findings into one overall theme: "the ambivalence of attending physical activity." The ambivalence is experienced as a shift in how participants experience physical activity during the intervention period and as an ongoing, dynamic, and constantly shifting experience during such activity. To address and reflect upon such experiences with the participants, and acknowledge ambivalence as a legitimate part of being physically active, might be important within obesity treatment.
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- The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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Danielsen KK, Sundgot-Borgen J, Mæhlum S, Svendsen M. Beyond weight reduction: improvements in quality of life after an intensive lifestyle intervention in subjects with severe obesity. Ann Med 2014; 46:273-82. [PMID: 24491067 DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2013.874660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION We examined the effects of 10-14 weeks of inpatient intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI), including a minimum of 90 minutes of adapted physical activity 5 days/week, with regard to changes in quality of life and associations with weight loss in subjects with severe obesity. METHODS A total of 100 severely obese subjects (BMI 42.6 ± 5.3 kg/m(2); 42.7 ± 10.6 years) were included. Quality of life was assessed by Binge Eating Scale, Hospital Anxiety, and Depression Scale, and SF- 36. The ILI group completed the questionnaires at inclusion, after 10-14 weeks and 12 months, and controls at inclusion and after 10-14 weeks. RESULTS Compared to controls, self-reported binge eating (-6.4, P < 0.0001), anxiety (-1.7, P = 0.005), and depression (-3.0, P < 0.0001) were reduced, and physical (8.0, P < 0.0001) and mental (7.6, P < 0.0001) health increased in the ILI group. After 12 months, reduction in self-reported binge eating (-7.2, P < 0.0001) and depression (-3.4, P < 0.0001) and increase in physical (8.9, P < 0.0001) and mental (3.6, P = 0.035) health were maintained. Decreased self-reported binge eating (β = 0.555, P = 0.010) and increased physical health (β = -0.554, P = 0.003) were associated with weight loss. CONCLUSION ILI including a high volume of physical activity in subjects with severe obesity improved quality of life by favorable changes in self-reported binge eating, depression, and mental and physical health. Improvements in binge eating and physical health were associated with weight loss.
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- Kjersti Karoline Danielsen
- Department of Sports Medicine, The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences , PO Box 4014 Ullevaal Stadion, 0806 Oslo , Norway
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