TY - JOUR
T1 - Additional self-monitoring tools in the dietary modification component of the women's health initiative
AU - Mossavar-Rahmani, Yasmin
AU - Henry, Holly
AU - Rodabough, Rebecca
AU - Bragg, Charlotte
AU - Brewer, Amy
AU - Freed, Trish
AU - Kinzel, Laura
AU - Pedersen, Margaret
AU - Soule, C. Oehme
AU - Vosburg, Shirley
N1 - Funding Information:
The Women’s Health Initiative is supported by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services contract No. N01-WH-2-2110. The authors thank the Women’s Health Initiative participants for their dedication and commitment and the WHI investigators and staff who contributed to the results described in this article ( http://www.whi.org/ack/acknowledgements.asp ).
PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - Self-monitoring promotes behavior changes by promoting awareness of eating habits and creates self-efficacy. It is an important component of the Women's Health Initiative dietary intervention. During the first year of intervention, 74% of the total sample of 19,542 dietary intervention participants self-monitored. As the study progressed the self-monitoring rate declined to 59% by spring 2000. Participants were challenged by inability to accurately estimate fat content of restaurant foods and the inconvenience of carrying bulky self-monitoring tools. In 1996, a Self-Monitoring Working Group was organized to develop additional self-monitoring options that were responsive to participant needs. This article describes the original and additional self-monitoring tools and trends in tool use over time. Original tools were the Food Diary and Fat Scan. Additional tools include the Keeping Track of Goals, Quick Scan, Picture Tracker, and Eating Pattern Changes instruments. The additional tools were used by the majority of participants (5,353 of 10,260 or 52% of participants who were self-monitoring) by spring 2000. Developing self-monitoring tools that are responsive to participant needs increases the likelihood that self-monitoring can enhance dietary reporting adherence, especially in long-term clinical trials.
AB - Self-monitoring promotes behavior changes by promoting awareness of eating habits and creates self-efficacy. It is an important component of the Women's Health Initiative dietary intervention. During the first year of intervention, 74% of the total sample of 19,542 dietary intervention participants self-monitored. As the study progressed the self-monitoring rate declined to 59% by spring 2000. Participants were challenged by inability to accurately estimate fat content of restaurant foods and the inconvenience of carrying bulky self-monitoring tools. In 1996, a Self-Monitoring Working Group was organized to develop additional self-monitoring options that were responsive to participant needs. This article describes the original and additional self-monitoring tools and trends in tool use over time. Original tools were the Food Diary and Fat Scan. Additional tools include the Keeping Track of Goals, Quick Scan, Picture Tracker, and Eating Pattern Changes instruments. The additional tools were used by the majority of participants (5,353 of 10,260 or 52% of participants who were self-monitoring) by spring 2000. Developing self-monitoring tools that are responsive to participant needs increases the likelihood that self-monitoring can enhance dietary reporting adherence, especially in long-term clinical trials.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jada.2003.10.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jada.2003.10.017
M3 - Article
C2 - 14702588
AN - SCOPUS:9144274413
SN - 0002-8223
VL - 104
SP - 76
EP - 85
JO - Journal of the American Dietetic Association
JF - Journal of the American Dietetic Association
IS - 1
ER -