Avaliação da mudança de peso de um programa de tratamento da obesidade composto de sessões de terapia comportamental presencial comparado ao tratamento comportamental por telefone: uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

Objective: The objective is to evaluate the possibility of reducing and maintaining weight in an obesity treatment program through telephone cognitive behavioral therapy sessions and comparing it with face-to-face treatment. Method: Through a randomized systematic review, we selected from the main databases (Medline / PubMed and Cochrane) biomedicine research articles published between January 1, 2008 and July 1, 2019. Subsequently, groups were analyzed. Results: The bibliographic survey was published in 3584 articles. By applying the inclusion and exclusion of elaborated criteria, 99 articles were selected based on the title and / or abstract for further reading. Of these, 12 articles composed or review analysis corpus. One sample was selected by 2111 patients of both genders, or the mean follow-up period was 12.5 months. Weight loss / maintenance was higher in the intervention group (telephone) when compared to face-to-face. Conclusion: Cognitive behavioral therapy has results for weight loss and weight maintenance in obese patients, telemedicine is a tool that helps in the short and long term follow-up process.