Document Type : Scientific Research

Authors

• M agah heris
• A alipour
• M janbozorgi
• E mousavi
• SH noohi

Abstract

 


Abstract
Aim: This study  aimed to comparing the effectiveness of life- style modification and cognitive group therapy to weight reduction and improving the quality of life.
 
Method: Hence, among volunteers to interventions, 26 participants regarding to exclude- include criteria were participated on this study randomly assigned into two groups. All the items of quality of life and overweight: the obesity related well- being questionnaire were filled out by all the participants prior to, 4 months, and seven months later than onset of the interventions, and their BMI were calculated, too. Gathering data were analyzed by 16^th version of SPSS, and by applying repeated measures method.
 
Results: Finding  revealed that both life- style modification group therapy and cognitive group therapy significantly reduced BMI and improving quality of life (p<0.05).

Keywords

• Key words: Group Therapy
• Life-Style Modification
• Cognitive Group Therapy
• BMI