Interdisciplinary treatment of a female outpatient population. Organizational model and preliminary results.
To compare the efficacy of diet alone vs interdisciplinary therapy. 256 women were divided into an interdisciplinary therapy group composed of 102 subjects and a control group composed of 154 subjects treated by means of diet alone. 21.56% of the interdisciplinary group did not come for the 2 check-ups compared with 49.35% of the diet group (p < 0.001). A weight loss of 5.88 kg and 4.18 kg for the interdisciplinary and the diet group was recorded 8 weeks after the start of the programme (second check-up). Interdisciplinary therapy is necessary to personalize treatment and satisfy the patient's desire and need for appropriate and effective management.