Patient perspectives on the integration of an intensive online behavioral weight loss intervention into primary care

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-264

  McTigue, Kathleen M ^a   Bhargava, Tina ^a   Bryce, Cindy L ^a   Conroy, Molly ^a   Fischer, Gary S ^a   Hess, Rachel ^a   Simkin Silverman, Laurey R ^a   Zickmund, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Internet; Obesity; Preventive medicine; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79953178257     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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