Telephone intervention promoting weight-related health behaviors

Effectiveness of interventions applicable to primary health care settings to promote Mediterranean diet or healthy eating adherence in adults: A systematic review

“…The length of follow-up ranged from 6 to 48 months: 8 months or less in four studies (Djuric et al, 2008;Hardcastle et al, 2008;Kim et al, 2010;Sternfeld et al, 2009); 12 months in seven studies (Baron et al, 1990;Bemelmans et al, 2000;Logan et al, 2010;Masley et al, 2001;Roderick et al, 1997;Sacerdote et al, 2006;Zazpe et al, 2008); 24 months in one study, with separate articles describing the results of the first (Walker et al, 2009) and the second year (Walker et al, 2010); and 40 months in two studies (Pierce et al, 2007;Tuttle et al, 2008). The 10 RCTs focused on healthy eating (Baron et al, 1990;Bemelmans et al, 2000;Djuric et al, 2008;Logan et al, 2010;Masley et al, 2001;Pierce et al, 2007;Roderick et al, 1997;Sacerdote et al, 2006;Tuttle et al, 2008;Zazpe et al, 2008) included 9948 participants, and the four interventions that added physical activity (Hardcastle et al, 2008;Kim et al, 2010;Sternfeld et al, 2009;Walker et al, 2009) included 3816 participants, for a combined total of 13,764. In all of the studies, participants were older than 18 years and three (Djuric et al, 2008;Pierce et al, 2007;Walker et al, 2009) only included women.…”

“…In all of the studies, participants were older than 18 years and three (Djuric et al, 2008;Pierce et al, 2007;Walker et al, 2009) only included women. Coronary disease or cardiovascular risk factors were among the inclusion criteria in six trials (Bemelmans et al, 2000;Hardcastle et al, 2008;Logan et al, 2010;Masley et al, 2001;Tuttle et al, 2008;Zazpe et al, 2008); five trials recruited healthy patients or participants from the general population (Baron et al, 1990;Djuric et al, 2008;Roderick et al, 1997;Sacerdote et al, 2006;Walker et al, 2009); two studies recruited at worksites (Kim et al, 2010;Sternfeld et al, 2009); and one included only women with breast cancer (Pierce et al, 2007). Seven of the studies were carried out in the United States (Djuric et al, 2008;Kim et al, 2010;Masley et al, 2001;Pierce et al, 2007;Sternfeld et al, 2009;Tuttle et al, 2008;Walker et al, 2009), four in the United Kingdom (Baron et al, 1990;Hardcastle et al, 2008;Logan et al, 2010;Roderick et al, 1997), and one each in Spain (Zazpe et al, 2008), The Netherlands (Bemelmans et al, 2000), and Italy (Sacerdote et al, 2006).…”

“…Leaflet (GI, GC) Kim et al (2010) I: The self-help plus counseling group received the same print materials that the self-help group received. In addition, nine (6 main of 30-min and 3 booster of 10-min) structured telephone counseling sessions were provided over 6 months by telephone counselors at the National Cancer Information Center.…”

“…Cooking classes (4) based on themes unrelated to vegetables, fruit, fiber, and fat and newsletters (bimonthly) were the strategies used to promote cohort maintenance. sessions (Hardcastle et al, 2008;Kim et al, 2010;Roderick et al, 1997;Sacerdote et al, 2006); another offered participants the option of additional telephone consultations (Logan et al, 2010). In the study by (Djuric et al, 2008), the intervention was mainly facilitated by telephone interviews, along with two sessions conducted in person.…”

“…All of the studies except one (Logan et al, 2010) evaluated changes in eating behaviors on the basis of self-reported information, whether on food frequency questionnaires, completed by participants in 9 studies (Baron et al, 1990;Bemelmans et al, 2000;Hardcastle et al, 2008;Masley et al, 2001;Roderick et al, 1997;Sacerdote et al, 2006;Sternfeld et al, 2009;Walker et al, 2009;Zazpe et al, 2008) or food recall over a period of 24 h (Pierce et al, 2007), three days (Tuttle et al, 2008), or seven days (Djuric et al, 2008), while another study (Kim et al, 2010) asked about the quantity of fruits and vegetables eaten in a typical day.…”