Department of Public Health, The Research Initiative for Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark.
Department of Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, University College Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Scand J Occup Ther. 2021 Aug;28(6):479-487. doi: 10.1080/11038128.2020.1726451. Epub 2020 Feb 17.
Unsuccessful weight loss or weight loss maintenance is due to different barriers and physical limitations related to participation in everyday life. It will, therefore, be relevant to investigate the field from an occupational therapy perspective, since occupational therapists are uniquely trained in focussing on people's resources, meaningfulness and participation in everyday life.
The aim was to explore what motivates people to lose weight from an OT perspective and which opportunities people with obesity experience in their everyday lives to achieve and maintain lost weight.
A descriptive phenomenological study including 21 semi-structured individual interviews was conducted as part of the DO:IT study.
The data analysis led to the identification of three main themes: The influence of external circumstances on the desire for weight loss; use of time in everyday life; and changes in habits, routines and structure.
People who are overweight or obese are motivated to lose weight because of health issues and feeling more comfortable with their body. The opportunities for weight loss lie in creating habits, routines and structuring everyday life activities to facilitate a healthier lifestyle.
The findings indicate that an occupational therapist should be part of weight-loss interventions.
减肥失败或维持减肥效果，是由于日常生活参与方面存在不同的障碍和身体限制所致。因此，从职业治疗师的角度研究这一领域将具有现实意义，因为职业治疗师专门研究人们的资源、意义和日常生活参与度。
本研究旨在从职业治疗的角度探讨促使人们减肥的因素，以及肥胖人群在日常生活中实现和维持减肥效果的机会。
作为 DO:IT 研究的一部分，进行了一项包括 21 名参与者的半结构式个体访谈的描述性现象学研究。
数据分析得出了三个主要主题：外部环境对减肥愿望的影响；日常生活中的时间利用；以及习惯、常规和结构的改变。
超重或肥胖人群出于健康问题和对身体舒适度的考虑而有减肥的动力。减肥的机会在于养成习惯、建立常规并调整日常生活活动，以促进更健康的生活方式。
研究结果表明，职业治疗师应该成为减肥干预措施的一部分。
