Adherence
Integrated research-practice partnerships that combine evidence-based lifestyle management (diet, physical activity, behavioral therapy) with healthcare system implementation strategies facilitate the translation of obesity interventions into real-world settings, achieving clinically meaningful weight loss (≥3-5% body weight) and sustainability.
To successfully manage obesity, healthcare systems should adopt integrated research-practice partnerships. This involves combining evidence-based lifestyle strategies (diet, exercise, behavioral therapy) with systematic implementation tools like assessment, shared decision-making, and care coordination. This approach helps achieve clinically meaningful weight loss (3-5% body weight) and sustains these changes within the healthcare system.
A synthesis of trial findings offered empirical evidence for the value of the integrated-research practice partnership approach as a translational solution to obesity care gaps... The partnership approach supported the following criteria of translational potential: 1) feasibility of implementation as designed, 2) maintenance of critical elements of the evidence-based principles of comprehensive lifestyle obesity management, 3) achievement of clinically, meaningful weight loss, and 4) sustainability of strategy within the system.
Why this rating
Multiple pragmatic implementation trials with mixed-methods evaluation and RE-AIM framework analysis.
Source
Pragmatic Implementation Trials: Understanding the Integrated Research-Practice Partnership Approach to Lifestyle Obesity Management Across a Transforming Health System
Sarah Elizabeth Johnson · VTechWorks (Virginia Tech) · 2017
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