Effect of a Nutritional Intervention That Incorporates the Transtheoretical Model of Motivation to Change in Healthy Eating in Patients With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: a Randomized Controlled Trial

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The investigators included 105 patients that were randomized to intervention group or control group. The control group comprised 41 patients, that continued with the usual intervention of Clinical Nutrition Service in external consultation, attending once a month to receive nutritional intervention with the prescription of a hypocaloric diet on the part of the nutritionist. And the intervention group made up of 42 patients using the TM and MI through sessions group and sessions individual with topics of healthy eating habits taught by a nutritionist, physical activity and exercise manual taught by a physical therapist, preparation of healthy food with menu taught by graduates in gastronomy and confrontation of barriers given by a psychologist. Both groups had a monthly monitoring for 3 months. The diet that was prescribed to the intervention group was with the characteristics of the DASH diet, according to the most recent international guides of the ACC and AHA, for the reduction of cardiovascular risk. Once included in the study were applied to the following questionnaires to identify the stage of change according to the TM; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) to evaluate the presence of anxiety and depression; 24-hours recall of multiple steps; Food consumption frequency to determine the quantity and quality of food intake and the Rapid Assessment Physical Activity Scale (RAPA), to determine the type, duration and intensity of physical activity of the subject. In addition, we measured weight, height, waist circumference, hip, and blood pressure. Finally were described and analyzed each of the variables according to the visits in which patients were cited.

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