Accession Number:

ADA331037

Title:

Nurse Case Management of Clients in the Air Force Weight Management Program.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Prince, Melanie A.

Report Date:

1997-10-27

Pagination or Media Count:

130.0

Abstract:

Purposes were to describe nurse case management effect on a weight manager program, compare weight and body fat changes in clients receiving usual services vs. enhanced services, and describe goal attainment. Using a quasi-experimental design, experimental group received case management and military weight program the control group, military weight program. Data analysis employed paired t-test, two sample t-test, and chi-square analysis. Paired t-tests indicated significant weight loss in experimental group p .01, but not control group p .16. Two sample independent t-tests indicated no difference between group means t 57 df 24, p 58. Paired t-tests indicated significant difference in loss in both groups p .01, p00. Two sample independent t-tests indicated no difference between group means t .71 df 24, p .49. There was no relationship between the two groups on goal attainment x2 1, N 26 .02, p90.

Descriptors:

• *AIR FORCE
• *WEIGHT REDUCTION
• *CHI SQUARE TEST
• *NURSES
• DATA PROCESSING
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• MODELS
• WEIGHT
• SUPERVISORS
• PHYSICAL FITNESS
• NUTRITION
• OBESITY

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE