A path model analysis on predictors of dropout (at 6 and 12 months) during the weight loss interventions in endocrinology outpatient division

ConclusionsThe main factor that predisposes patients to continue therapy or to abandon it is the success (or failure) of the diet in the initial period, based on weight lost (or not lost) in the early months of the initiation of therapy. Furthermore, considerable differences were found in different categories of “workers”, and with previous “pathologies”. The level of physical activity and previous diseases also seem to be predictors of dropout.

Source: Endocrine - February 22, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research