Development and content validity of an instrument for assessing the motivation for weight loss in adolescents with overweight and obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and validate the content of an instrument for assessing the motivation for weight loss in adolescents with overweight and obesity.

Methods

The development and validation of the instrument were conducted in five stages, for which two systematic reviews were conducted. The first one, for the identification of questionnaires assessing the motivation for weight loss, included six studies and contributed to the selection of the domains for the instrument. The second one, conducted to identify the motivations for weight loss in adolescents with overweight and/or obesity, included six studies and contributed to the selection of 17 motivations included in the initial version of the instrument. The motivations most commonly identified were: having better health,

SUBMITTER: Silva DFO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7688166 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature