Våga vilja förändra: Övervikt och fetma – en bestående beteendeförändring
2014 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Background:
Overweight and obesity have become a worldwide epidemic, when people choose to eat and live unhealthy. The epidemic will, according to the researchers to harvest more victims than an epidemic normally do, they believe that more than a million people at risk of dying prematurely of complications from obesity. The nurse responsible for the patient's health and can make use of the method of motivational interviewing as treating methods for patients with obesity. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the obese patient's road to a lasting behavioral change. Method: A literature review was used to analyze scientific articles related to the subject area. One qualitative- and eight quantitative studies are included in this review. Results: The result is based on the main category, the patient summarizing the seven subcategories, obstacle, consciousness, emotions, food, discipline, physical facility and failure and good results. These categories describe the patient's road to lasting behavioral change. Conclusion: It is the patient who must have the courage to want to change their unhealthy behavior. Seven steps are defined with the result that reflects the patient's path toward a behavior change, the patient must undergo all the seven steps to achieve lasting change
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. , p. 32
Keywords [en]
Behavior change, health, nurse, obesity, overweight
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-6238Local ID: EXO500OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-6238DiVA, id: diva2:716887
Subject / course
Nursing science
Educational program
Sjuksköterskeprogrammet
Supervisors
Examiners
2014-05-132014-05-132014-05-13Bibliographically approved