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Alternative Title:
Obesity (Silver Spring)
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.23702
Personal Author:
Barnett, Steven ; Matthews, Kelly ; DeWindt, Lori ; Sutter, Erika ; Samuel-Hodge, Carmen ; ... More +
Barnett, Steven ; Matthews, Kelly ; DeWindt, Lori ; Sutter, Erika ; Samuel-Hodge, Carmen ; Yang, Hongmei ; Pearson, Thomas A. Less -
Description:
Objective:

To address the absence of evidence-based weight control programs developed for use with Deaf people.

Methods:

Community-based participatory research informed the design of the Deaf Weight Wise (DWW) trial and intervention. DWW focuses primarily on healthy lifestyle and weight through change in diet and exercise. We enrolled 104 Deaf adults aged 40-70 years with a BMI of 25-45 from community settings in Rochester, NY, and randomized participants to immediate intervention (n=48) or one-year delayed intervention (n=56). The delayed intervention serves as a no-intervention comparison until the trial mid-point. We collected data five times (every 6 months) from baseline to 24-months. All DWW intervention leaders and participants are Deaf people who use American Sign Language (ASL).

Results:

At 6-months, the difference in mean weight change for the immediate intervention arm versus the delayed intervention arm (no intervention yet) was −3.4kg (multiplicity-adjusted p=0.0424; 95% CI: −6.1 to −0.8 kg). Most (61.6%) in the immediate arm lost ≥5% of baseline weight versus 18.1% in the no-intervention-yet arm (p<0.001). Participant engagement indicators include mean attendance of 11/16 sessions (69%), and 92% completed 24-month data collection.

Conclusion:

Deaf Weight Wise, a community-engaged, culturally-appropriate and language-accessible behavioral weight loss intervention was successful with Deaf ASL-users.


Subjects:
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Adult Diet Humans Language Minorities Obesity Overweight Persons With Hearing Impairments Sign Language Weight Control
Source:
Obesity (Silver Spring). 31(4):965-976
Pubmed ID:
36890106
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC10033396
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
U48-DP000031/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; K08 HS015700/HS/AHRQ HHSUnited States/ ; U48-DP005026/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T32-HL007937/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005026/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; ... More +
U48-DP000031/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; K08 HS015700/HS/AHRQ HHSUnited States/ ; U48-DP005026/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T32-HL007937/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005026/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP000031/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006394/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP001910/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48-DP001910/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48-DP006394/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T32 HL007937/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ Less -
Place as Subject:
New York
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:2df1caadd821160b6983ca90d45dc7396123e76aef19867e7d1ccafe256168bc
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