Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing (대한간호학회지)

Korean Society of Nursing Science (한국간호과학회)
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The Effect of Problem Solving Group Counseling on the Index of Obesity and Health Habits of Obese Children

문제해결 상담프로그램이 아동의 비만지수와 건강습관에 미치는 영향

  • Cho Mee-Young (Moedok Elementary School) ;
  • Lee Hae-Jung (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee Hwa-Ja (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park Hyoung-Sook (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Pusan National University)
  • 조미영 (모덕초등학교) ;
  • 이해정 (부산대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
  • 이화자 (부산대학교 의과대학 간호학과) ;
  • 박형숙 (부산대학교 의과대학 간호학과)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

Purpose: This study was to investigate the effects of problem solving group counseling on the index of obesity and health habits for obese children. Method: Forty seven obese children participated in the study(Exp.=22, Cont.=25). Children were recruited from the forth and fifth grade with higher than $20\%$ of the obesity degree. The problem solving counseling lasted for 10 weeks. In order to evaluate the effects of counseling, physical characteristics and health habits were measured three times; pretest, posttest, and at 10 weeks follow-up. The obtained data was analyzed by $x^2-test$, t-test, and repeated measures ANOVA, using the SPSS WIN 10.0program. Result: Problem solving group counseling was effective on the physical characteristics(BMI, obesity degree, body fat ratio, waist measurement) and health habits over time. Children in the experimental group controlled their body weight better and reported lower scores in the index of obesity than children in the control group at 10 weeks follow-up. Conclusion: This counseling program helped obese children modify their health habits so that they could decrease their scores in the obesity index. It can be concluded that problem-solving counseling enhanced problem-solving abilities of obese children, which could help modify their ordinary health habits.

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