Abstract
Eight female patients attended up to eight group sessions run conjointly by an occupational therapist and a dietitian. Video feedback was used during the course of sessions. The patients were all residents in long-term care in the Continuing Care Division of St Andrew's Hospital and had been identified by medical staff as wishing to lose weight and having scope for improvement in posture and/or appearance. Seven of the eight subjects lost weight [mean loss (n=8) 1.18 kg: range −3.1 kg to +2.4 kg]. There was a significant weight loss in these seven subjects (t=3.669, df=6, significant at 0.01 level). The authors judged that there had been improvement in one or more areas of posture and/or appearance in seven of the eight patients.
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