HN-02690285_Adolescence Obesity: Evaluation of The Effect of Ellis Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Adolescents’ Quality of Life

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to develop a psycho-nutritional educational package and compareits effectiveness with the Ellis Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on the quality of life of obese girls.Methods: The research method was qualitative-quantitative. The qualitative section of the psycho-cognitive-nutritional training package was performed using systematic review. The quantitative part of this study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of obese and overweight secondary school students in Kermanshah city in 2017. Forty-four obese students were selected based on convenience sampling method. Subjects were randomly divided into two experimental and one control groups. Experimental groups received psychological-nutritional intervention and Ellis treatment in 10 sessions. Data were collected using the Pittsburgh Sleep, Cooper Smith Self-esteem, General health, Walker s Lifestyle, Littleton Body Image, World Health Organization Quality of Life and Stan Cardys and Messick Eating Questionnaires. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and ANCOVA tests.Results: There was no significant difference in quality of life scores between subjects receiving psychological-nutritional package and Ellis cognitive behavioral therapy (p> 0.05). The psychological-nutritional package group had higher scores in quality of life than the control group (p <0.05). There was no significant difference in quality of life scores between Ellis package and the control group (p> 0.05).Conclusion: Psychological-nutritional therapy has a positive effect on improving the quality of life of obese andoverweight students.