Introduction
Materials/Subjects and Methods
Participants
Design and Procedures
Intervention
Primary Outcome Measure
Statistical Analysis
Results
Flow of Participants, Follow-up and Sample Characteristics
All participants (n = 162) | Usual care control (n = 80) | BRS intervention (n = 82) |
χ
2/F/p
| ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Mean (SD) | 45.2 (10.84) | 44.8 (10.6) | 45.6 (11.11) |
t = −0.4
p = 0.7 |
Range | 18–68 | 18–66 | 21–68 | ||
Sex | M | 40 (24.7 %) | 19 (23.8 %) | 21 (25.6 %) |
χ
2 = 0.07
p = 0.7 |
F | 122 (75.3 %) | 61 (76.2 %) | 61 (74.4 %) | ||
Ethnic group | White | 156 (96.4 %) | |||
Black | 2 (1.2 %) | ||||
Asian | 2 (1.2 %) | ||||
Other | 2 (1.2 %) | ||||
Education | <Sec. school | 5 (3.1 %) | 2 (2.5 %) | 3 (3.7 %) |
χ
2 = 4.19
p = 0.4 |
Sec. school | 74 (46 %) | 33 (41.8 %) | 41 (50.0 %) | ||
Prof cert. | 59 (36.6 %) | 35 (44.3 %) | 24 (29.3 %) | ||
Degree | 20 (12.4 %) | 8 (10.1 %) | 12 (14.6 %) | ||
Higher degree | 3 (1.9 %) | 1 (1.3 %) | 2 (2.4 %) | ||
Employ | FT | 60 (37.0 %) | 28 (35.0 %) | 32 (39.0 %) |
χ
2 = 1.1
p = 0.58 |
PT | 35 (21.6 %) | 20 (25.0 %) | 15 (18.3 %) | ||
Neither | 67 (41.4 %) | 32 (40 %) | 35 (42.7 %) | ||
Baseline BMI | Mean (SD) | 50.65 (7.81) | 50.89 (8.33) | 50.42 (7.31) |
t = 0.38
p = 0.7 |
Range | 36.1–74.75 | 36.1–74.8 | 38.7–69.5 | ||
Baseline weight | Mean (SD) | 142.85 (27.0) | 140.85 (27.0) | 143.79 (29.2) |
t = −0.66
p = 0.51 |
Range | 96.5–250.8 | CI = 134–147.02 | CI = 137–149.9 | ||
Living status | Alone | 27 (16.7 %) | 17 (21.2 %) | 10 (12.2 %) |
χ
2 = 2.39
p = 0.12 |
Cohabiting | 135 (83.3 %) | 63 (78.8 %) | 72 (87.8 %) | ||
Years trying to lose weight | Mean (SD) | 23.57 (12.31) | 22.51 (12.13) | 24.61 (12.46) |
t = −1.07
p = 0.29 |
Range | 0–60 | 3–55 | 0–60 |