Short-term outcomes of community-based adolescent weight management: The Loozit® Study

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Change in psycho-social factors between baseline and two months

Domain	n^a	Baseline	2 month	Δ Mean	Δ P value^b
		mean (SD)	mean (SD)	(SD)
Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5) score ^c	129	13.2 (4.6)	12.2 (4.2)	-1.0 (3.5)	0.002
Body shape dissatisfaction ^d	125	2.5 (1.0)	2.1 (0.9)	-0.4 (0.9)	<0.001
Self-Perception Profile	129
Global self worth		2.59 (0.69)	2.76 (0.60)	0.17 (0.48)	<0.001
Scholastic competence		2.71 (0.73)	2.84 (0.68)	0.13 (0.51)	0.005
Social acceptance		2.94 (0.77)	3.03 (0.70)	0.09 (0.48)	0.035
Athletic competence		2.27 (0.74)	2.37 (0.74)	0.10 (0.49)	0.023
Physical appearance		1.86 (0.62)	2.09 (0.65)	0.23 (0.52)	<0.001
Job competence		2.99 (0.58)	3.12 (0.57)	0.12 (0.52)	0.007
Romantic appeal		2.34 (0.62)	2.47 (0.63)	0.12 (0.53)	0.009
Behavioral conduct		2.85 (0.71)	2.95 (0.65)	0.09 (0.46)	0.023
Close friendship		3.23 (0.80)	3.33 (0.66)	0.10 (0.63)	0.060
Subjective social status ^e	130	6.4 (2.0)	6.6 (2.0)	0.2 (1.8)	0.212

^a Data are reported for all adolescents who completed questionnaire items
^b Paired samples t-test
^c Scale: 5 = most favorable health; 30 = least favorable health
^d Scale: scores closer to zero indicate lower levels of body shape dissatisfaction
^e Scale: 1 = extremely low; 10 = extremely high

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