Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Comparing the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy combined with diet therapy and analytical psychotherapy combined with diet therapy on weight loss and impulsivity of obese people

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Farzaneh Farmani 1
Parviz Sabahi 2
Muhammad Ali Shahraki 3
Shahrokh Makvand Hosseini 2
1 PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
2 Associate professor Department of Psychology Semnan University Semnan, Iran
3 Psychiatrist
Abstract
Background and objective: The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) combined with diet therapy and analytical psychotherapy (AP) combined with diet therapy on weight loss and impulsivity in obese people.

Methods and Materials: The research method was semi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design, with a control group and a three-month follow-up. The research population included all people suffering from obesity who referred to the psychological and diet therapy centers of the 3rd and 7th districts of Tehran between the first of July and the second half of August 2023; 52 eligible people were included in the study and were divided into two experimental groups and one control group. Deta Were collected using the of impulsivity inventory (Dickman,1990) and analyzed with repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni test.

Results: The effect of time, the effect of group and the interaction effect of time and group on weight loss and impulsivity variables were significant(P<0.0001). In the two intervention groups cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) combined with diet therapy and analytical psychotherapy (AP) combined with diet therapy, there was a significant difference in the average scores of weight loss and impulsivity in the pre-test-follow-up(P<0.0001) stages; However, no significant difference was observed in the average scores of weight loss and impulsivity in the post-test-follow-up stages.

Conclusion: Based on the findings, the cognitive-behavioral therapy combined with diet therapy and analytical psychotherapy combined with diet therapy has a significant effect on the weight loss and impulsivity in obese people.
Keywords
analytical psychotherapy
cognitive-behavioral therapy
diet therapy
impulsivity
obesity
weight loss
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