TY - JOUR
T1 - Stages of change in obesity and weight management
T2 - factorial structure of the Italian version of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale
AU - Pietrabissa, Giada
AU - Sorgente, Angela
AU - Rossi, Alessandro
AU - Simpson, Susan
AU - Riva, Giuseppe
AU - Manzoni, Gian Mauro
AU - Prochaska, James O.
AU - Prochaska, Janice M.
AU - Cattivelli, Roberto
AU - Castelnuovo, Gianluca
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Purpose: To examine the factorial structure of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (IT-URICA) for weight management in a sample of Italian overweight and obese patients enrolled in a nutritional rehabilitation program. Methods: 334 inpatients completed the translated and adjusted version of the IT-URICA at admission to the hospital. Psychometric testing included confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency (Cronbach’s α). Results: The IT-URICA for weight management was successfully translated into Italian, and the factorial analysis confirmed the four-factor solution of the commonly accepted version of the measure. Conclusion: High levels of RTC are considered critical to the long-term success of weight management, and the IT-URICA may be an appropriate measure of motivational readiness for use among Italian overweight and obese patients. Its use is, therefore, recommended for clinical and research purposes.
AB - Purpose: To examine the factorial structure of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (IT-URICA) for weight management in a sample of Italian overweight and obese patients enrolled in a nutritional rehabilitation program. Methods: 334 inpatients completed the translated and adjusted version of the IT-URICA at admission to the hospital. Psychometric testing included confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency (Cronbach’s α). Results: The IT-URICA for weight management was successfully translated into Italian, and the factorial analysis confirmed the four-factor solution of the commonly accepted version of the measure. Conclusion: High levels of RTC are considered critical to the long-term success of weight management, and the IT-URICA may be an appropriate measure of motivational readiness for use among Italian overweight and obese patients. Its use is, therefore, recommended for clinical and research purposes.
KW - Obesity
KW - Overweight
KW - Readiness to change
KW - Stages of change
KW - University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale
KW - Validation
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U2 - 10.1007/s40519-016-0289-1
DO - 10.1007/s40519-016-0289-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019681103
VL - 22
SP - 361
EP - 367
JO - Eating and Weight Disorders
JF - Eating and Weight Disorders
SN - 1124-4909
IS - 2
ER -