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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mucheru, Doreen
• Hanlon, Mary‐Claire
• McEvoy, Mark
• MacDonald‐Wicks, Lesley

Titel

An appraisal of methodology reporting in lifestyle interventions among people with psychosis: A systematic review

Ist Teil von

• Health promotion journal of Australia, 2020-09, Vol.31 (3), p.540-552

Ort / Verlag

West Perth, WA: Australian Health Promotion Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Issue addressed: Lifestyle interventions use nutrition and physical activity behaviour modification techniques to decrease obesity and cardio-metabolic risk in people with psychosis. Evidence on the specific behaviour modification strategies applied to decrease obesity is weakened by inadequate methodology reporting of lifestyle interventions. A systematic review that we conducted earlier highlighted a possible deficiency in reporting; hence we aim to critically appraise lifestyle intervention studies that target weight outcomes for people with psychosis against the methods component of the CONSORT statement for randomised trials of nonpharmacologic treatments. Methods component: We considered randomised controlled studies which delivered lifestyle interventions to community-dwelling adults with psychotic disorders, and included those with the following outcomes of interest: weight, body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio. The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE/PREMEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopus and PsycINFO were searched for English publications between 1985 and 2018. Methodology and reporting of studies were evaluated using the CONSORT statement for randomised trials of nonpharmacologic treatments. Results: Thirty-two studies met the inclusion criteria. Critical appraisals revealed that reporting of lifestyle intervention studies was generally incomplete. Fewer than 50% provided the recommended information on trial design, participant characteristics, detail of interventions, outcomes, sample size, randomisation, blinding and statistical methods. Conclusions: Application of guidelines, like the CONSORT statement, in future publications of lifestyle interventions for people with psychosis will improve accuracy of reporting. So what? Enhanced reporting in lifestyle intervention studies for people with psychosis will promote guideline creation and translation of research, which is likely to positively impact physical health outcomes. Summary This appraisal of lifestyle interventions which target weight outcomes in people with psychosis against the CONSORT statement for randomised trials of nonpharmacologic treatments highlighted that reporting was generally incomplete in studies. Poor reporting limits the utility of lifestyle intervention research in people with psychosis; however, this can be improved with future use of the CONSORT statement or similar reporting guidelines.