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Quitting a weight loss program is associated with anhedonia : preliminary findings of the Lifestyle Intervention Treatment Evaluation Study in northern Finland . OBJECTIVES To examine whether a diagnosis for major depression , chronic depression or specific symptoms of depression is associated with the risk of quitting a weight loss program . STUDY DESIGN The study involved 82 overweight adults participating in the Lifestyle Intervention Treatment Evaluation ( LITE ) follow-up study at Oulu University Hospital in northern Finland . METHODS Psychiatric diagnostic assessments were based on the Structured Clinical Interview for DSMIV disorders ( SCID-I ) conducted by a clinical psychiatrist . Anhedonia ( lack of pleasure ) was assessed as one of the core symptoms of major depression and chronic depression ( dysthymia ) . Anhedonia was defined to be present if the participants reported having suffered a major loss of interest during the previous month . RESULTS Twenty participants ( 24.4 % ) quit during the 6-month intervention period . Anhedonia put individuals at risk of quitting the weight loss program ( bivariate analysis OR 3.1 , 95 % CI 0.8-11.6 , p=0.091 , multivariate analysis OR 6.5 , 95 % CI 1.1-38.2 , p=0.038 ) . However , a diagnosis for major depression or chronic depression did not predict quitting . CONCLUSIONS Individual assessments of obesity and overweight should also include an assessment for subthreshold depression , mainly anhedonia .
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Intervention_Educational
weight loss program
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Intervention_Educational
weight loss program
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Intervention_Educational
Lifestyle Intervention Treatment Evaluation
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Outcome_Mental
Psychiatric diagnostic assessments
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Outcome_Mental
Anhedonia ( lack of pleasure )
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Outcome_Physical
chronic
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Outcome_Mental
Anhedonia
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Outcome_Mental
Anhedonia
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Outcome_Mental
major depression
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Outcome_Mental
chronic depression
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Participant_Condition
anhedonia : preliminary findings of the Lifestyle Intervention Treatment Evaluation Study in northern Finland
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Participant_Condition
major depression
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Participant_Condition
chronic depression
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Participant_Condition
symptoms of depression
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Participant_Sample-size
82
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Participant_Age
adults
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Participant_Condition
Lifestyle Intervention Treatment Evaluation ( LITE )