Randomized Controlled Trial for Behavioral Smoking and Weight Control Treatment: Effect of Concurrent Versus Sequential Intervention

The authors compared simultaneous versus sequential approaches to multiple health behavior change in diet, exercise, and cigarette smoking. Female regular smokers ( N = 315) randomized to 3 conditions received 16 weeks of behavioral smoking treatment, quit smoking at Week 5, and were followed for 9...

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Published in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2004-10, Vol.72 (5), p.785-796
Main Authors: Spring, Bonnie, Doran, Neal, Pagoto, Sherry, Schneider, Kristin, Pingitore, Regina, Hedeker, Don
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Behavior Change
Behavior Modification
Behavior Therapy - methods
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Behavioural psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Cessation
Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal
Diet
Dietetics
Diets
Exercise
Female
Females
Follow-Up Studies
Health Behavior
Health behaviour
Humans
Intervention
Medical sciences
Medical treatment
Obesity - diet therapy
Obesity - therapy
Physical activity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Randomized controlled trials
Sequential Approach
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation - methods
Smoking Prevention
Therapy
Time Factors
Timing
Tobacco Smoking
Treatments
USA
Weight Control
Weight Gain
Women
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Summary:The authors compared simultaneous versus sequential approaches to multiple health behavior change in diet, exercise, and cigarette smoking. Female regular smokers ( N = 315) randomized to 3 conditions received 16 weeks of behavioral smoking treatment, quit smoking at Week 5, and were followed for 9 months after quit date. Weight management was omitted for control and was added to the 1st 8 weeks for early diet (ED) and the final 8 weeks for late diet (LD). ED lacked lasting effect on weight gain, whereas LD initially lacked but gradually acquired a weight-suppression effect that stabilized ( p =.004). Behavioral weight control did not undermine smoking cessation and, when initiated after the smoking quit date, slowed the rate of weight gain, supporting a sequential approach.
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.72.5.785