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Motivational interviewing for the management of child and adolescent obesity: a systematic literature review

Romain Lutaud, Eva Mitilian, Jenny Forte, Gaetan Gentile, Rachel Reynaud, Camille Truffet and Thibault Bellanger
BJGP Open 2023; 7 (4): BJGPO.2022.0145. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0145
Romain Lutaud
1 Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales, Aix-Marseille Université, France
2 CNRS, EFS, ADES, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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Eva Mitilian
1 Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales, Aix-Marseille Université, France
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Jenny Forte
1 Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales, Aix-Marseille Université, France
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Gaetan Gentile
1 Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales, Aix-Marseille Université, France
3 Aix Marseille Université, Institut des Neurosciences des Systèmes, INSERM, France
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Rachel Reynaud
4 Aix Marseille Université, Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales, Service de Pediatrie Multidisciplinaire CHU Timone Enfants, APHM, France
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Camille Truffet
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Thibault Bellanger
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    Table 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria
    Inclusion criteria
    Intervention involving motivational interviewing
    Involving children or adolescents
    Commonly overweight or obese (BMI-for-age >85th percentile)
    Exclusion criteria
    Article published before 1991
    Not written in French or English
    Not available in full and not free of charge
    Not a randomised controlled trial (RCT)
    Involving children aged <4 years or >19 years
    Not all children were overweight or obese
    Concerning secondary or genetic obesity
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    Table 2. Data extraction
    The data from the selected articles were extracted according to the following grid:
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    • First author and year of publication

    • Country

    • Study duration

    • Number of participants included in the study

    • Age of participants

    • Presence or absence of parents

    • Possible special feature of the study population

    • Number of randomisation arms or analysis: intervention (E), intervention bis (E‘), control group (C)

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    Table 3. Results in favour of motivational intervention according to outcome evaluation criteria
    CriteriaStudies(n = 26)Positive outcomes(n = 21, 81%)
    PopulationChildren86 (75%)
    Adolescents1815 (83%)
    Presence of parentsAdolescents without their parents65 (83%)
    OutcomesClinical and anthropometric criteria2113 (62%)
    Behavioural criteria1712 (71%)
    Psychosocial criteria75 (71%)
    Location of the studyStudies in health centres1914 (74%)
    Non-medical-based interventions (school, church)77 (100%)

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Romain Lutaud, Eva Mitilian, Jenny Forte, Gaetan Gentile, Rachel Reynaud, Camille Truffet, Thibault Bellanger
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Romain Lutaud, Eva Mitilian, Jenny Forte, Gaetan Gentile, Rachel Reynaud, Camille Truffet, Thibault Bellanger
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