Adherence
A low-intensity motivational interviewing (MI) intervention delivered in primary care produces sustained long-term improvements in walking behavior and cholesterol levels, but fails to maintain reductions in blood pressure, weight, or BMI over 12 months post-intervention.
If you are in primary care and have high cholesterol or want to walk more, a low-intensity counseling approach (Motivational Interviewing) focusing on your own goals can help you maintain increased walking and lower cholesterol for at least a year. However, do not expect this specific low-intensity approach to sustain weight loss or blood pressure reductions without more intensive support.
The present study suggests that a low-intensity MI counselling intervention is effective in bringing about long-term changes in some, but not all, health-related outcomes (walking, cholesterol levels) associated with CVD risk... Post-intervention improvements in other health-related outcomes including blood pressure, weight, and BMI were not maintained.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up, though high attrition (94% dropped out between baseline and 6 months) and use of last-observation-carried-forward imputation reduce robustness.
Source
Effectiveness of a motivational interviewing intervention on weight loss, physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors: a randomised controlled trial with a 12-month post-intervention follow-up
Sarah J. Hardcastle et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · 2013
DOI 10.1186/1479-5868-10-40
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