TY - JOUR
T1 - Interventions for weight management in postpartum women
AU - Keller, Colleen
AU - Records, Kathie
AU - Ainsworth, Barbara
AU - Permana, Paska
AU - Coonrod, Dean V.
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - Objective: To report the results of a comprehensive review of published intervention studies to identify the best evidence available for guiding weight management interventions in postpartum women. Data Sources: Electronic searches were conducted of three electronic databases: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; Medline; and the Science Citation Index, Expanded, in the Web of Science from 1994 to May 2007. Keyword searches were conducted using the terms obesity, obese, overweight, postpartum, pregnancy weight, and weight management in postpartum women. Study Selection: Six studies were selected that met the inclusion criteria of testing interventions and one that reported preintervention planning and targeted a weight management intervention for postpartum women. Data Extraction: All six interventions showed significant impact with diet and exercise or some combination on body composition in the targeted sample of women. Data Synthesis: The strengths of previous studies include an emphasis on precision in outcome measures and experimental conditions; limitations were that the theoretical basis for the interventions was frequently omitted and limited attention given to the cultural, social, and contextual factors established in descriptive research. Conclusions: Interventions need to target women early in their childbearing years to have the most significant long-term impact.
AB - Objective: To report the results of a comprehensive review of published intervention studies to identify the best evidence available for guiding weight management interventions in postpartum women. Data Sources: Electronic searches were conducted of three electronic databases: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; Medline; and the Science Citation Index, Expanded, in the Web of Science from 1994 to May 2007. Keyword searches were conducted using the terms obesity, obese, overweight, postpartum, pregnancy weight, and weight management in postpartum women. Study Selection: Six studies were selected that met the inclusion criteria of testing interventions and one that reported preintervention planning and targeted a weight management intervention for postpartum women. Data Extraction: All six interventions showed significant impact with diet and exercise or some combination on body composition in the targeted sample of women. Data Synthesis: The strengths of previous studies include an emphasis on precision in outcome measures and experimental conditions; limitations were that the theoretical basis for the interventions was frequently omitted and limited attention given to the cultural, social, and contextual factors established in descriptive research. Conclusions: Interventions need to target women early in their childbearing years to have the most significant long-term impact.
KW - Intervention studies
KW - Obesity
KW - Postpartum
KW - Randomized controlled trials
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00202.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00202.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18226159
AN - SCOPUS:38649087663
SN - 0884-2175
VL - 37
SP - 71
EP - 79
JO - JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
JF - JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
IS - 1
ER -