The Effectiveness of Diet and Physical Activity Clinic (DPAC) in Weight and Waist Circumference Reduction at Health Promotion Center Region 10, Chiang Mai, Fiscal Year 2014”

Abstract

          Diet and Physical Activity Clinic or DPAC is a clinic that aims at modifying dietary habits on nutrition and exerting the physical activity or exercise, sustainable use of awareness, knowledge and motivation to change behavior to reduce illness and loss from chronic degenerative diseases.

          The researchers, which are DPAC officers, are interested in studying the operation and factors related to weight loss and reduction in waist circumference in patients. The purposes are evaluation and improve clinical result in the clinic.

          This is a retrospective descriptive study covering all 76 DPAC patients, data collected from outpatient medical records of Health Promotion Center Region 10 Chiang Mai (HPC10 CM) on 2014 fiscal year (From October 2013 to September 2014).

          The success of weight loss in the group that completed the standard protocol of DPAC was 78.69 percentages and reduction in waist circumference was 68.85 percentages. Factor affecting the group that lost weight was statistically significant relationship was “Reason to attend the clinic with tending to lose weight”.

          The layout and operation of DPAC, HPC10 CM, effective in reducing weight and waist circumference, especially when patients have participated in DPAC’s standards of due process respectively.

          Other than standard protocol of DPAC, counseling, raising awareness and motivation, including educating should be considered by the patient’s problem based due to the behavior of an individual’s health condition, depending on the context and circumstance of the individual factors.