Direct access lifestyle training improves liver biochemistry and causes weight loss but uptake is suboptimal in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Imran PatanwalaLili Emese MolnarKatherine AkerboomKatie Elizabeth LanePublished in: Frontline gastroenterology (2020)
This study presents first of its kind evaluation of a service collaboration in the UK. Only 1 in 10 patients offered the opportunity completed the programme, a limitation that could affect future strategies. Patient and public involvement research is needed to identify barriers to participation, address adherence issues and identify support mechanisms for lifestyle interventions in patients with NAFLD.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- physical activity
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- bariatric surgery
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- roux en y gastric bypass
- prognostic factors
- study protocol
- randomized controlled trial
- case report
- emergency department
- cross sectional
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- liver fibrosis