Nursing interventions for adolecents suffering from obesity : A literature review
Akrami, Parinoz (2016)
Yrkeshögskolan Arcada
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201604204660
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201604204660
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The responsibility of a nurse does not only involve care for the depended patient, but also patients or clients who need care and assistance in reaching healthy lifestyle and wellbeing. Therefore, this thesis relates to the healthy lifestyle promotion for obese adolescents. The prevalence of obesity in adolescents is steadily increasing around the world. The prevalence of obesity has increased three-fold among Finnish adolescents during the past three decades. Being obese during adolescence predisposes individuals to obesity in adulthood. Also, obesity is linked to Cardiovascular diseases and Diabetes mellitus.
The purpose of this study is to review literature examining the nurse’s role as a health promoter and interventions for adolescence suffering from obesity. Furthermore, to investigate the application of the Transtheoretical behaviour model as intervention method for obese youth. The Transtheoretical model might act as a promising model of behavior change. It can bring im-provements in dietary and physical activity behaviors when combined with other forms of interventions.
A literature review was conducted using over 11 scientific articles and analyzed qualitatively using an inductive approach. A scientific literature search was conducted from 2005 through 2015 to locate studies targeting interventions for obesity in adolescents. These searches were conducted in the Cochrane Library, EBSCO, Google Scholar, Sciencedirect and PubMed electronic databases.
Findings show that nearly all of the interventions provided information regarding advocacy and counselling healthy eating, physical education and assistance in behavior modification. A literature review revealed that school nurses are in exceptional position to contribute to growing obe-sity numbers. There was a deficient obesity-related nutritional knowledge among nurses. Nurses should use special approaches such as motivational interviewing in order to assess clients` readiness to change, provide weight loss counseling and encourage them to become more physically active. Stages of change model was practiced with physical and dietary modification as means of intervention showing positive outcomes.
This thesis was commissioned by Kallio homecare department in Helsinki, Finland.
The purpose of this study is to review literature examining the nurse’s role as a health promoter and interventions for adolescence suffering from obesity. Furthermore, to investigate the application of the Transtheoretical behaviour model as intervention method for obese youth. The Transtheoretical model might act as a promising model of behavior change. It can bring im-provements in dietary and physical activity behaviors when combined with other forms of interventions.
A literature review was conducted using over 11 scientific articles and analyzed qualitatively using an inductive approach. A scientific literature search was conducted from 2005 through 2015 to locate studies targeting interventions for obesity in adolescents. These searches were conducted in the Cochrane Library, EBSCO, Google Scholar, Sciencedirect and PubMed electronic databases.
Findings show that nearly all of the interventions provided information regarding advocacy and counselling healthy eating, physical education and assistance in behavior modification. A literature review revealed that school nurses are in exceptional position to contribute to growing obe-sity numbers. There was a deficient obesity-related nutritional knowledge among nurses. Nurses should use special approaches such as motivational interviewing in order to assess clients` readiness to change, provide weight loss counseling and encourage them to become more physically active. Stages of change model was practiced with physical and dietary modification as means of intervention showing positive outcomes.
This thesis was commissioned by Kallio homecare department in Helsinki, Finland.