A Descriptive Study of How Clients Make Life-Style Changes
1990
Wierenga, Mary E. | Browning, Jeanne M. | Mahn, Joan L.
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe how adults with diabetes in a weight control study attempted to make life-style behavioral changes. All subjects had non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and were 20 % to 50 % overweight. Data were drawn from narrative responses given by 28 clients to open-ended questions regarding behavioral change. Questions were asked as part of a 16-week life-style behavioral change program for weight control. A systematic analysis of content was used to generate six categories of responses depicting the life-style behavioral change process. The process, as described by these clients, is: Starting point; Intro spection; Why change; Mental preparation; Plans, progress, and continuation; and Helps and hindrances.
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