OBJECTIVE This paper aims to present and discuss the Transtheoretical Model and its importance for the treatment of substance abuse disorders. METHOD A literature review was made based on articles from the last 10 years in substance use with human subjects found in PubMed (Medline) and the Scientific Electronic Library Online, as well as on the main books written by the creators of the model....

aim: many of the oral health problems start in childhood that may affect the way of speaking, eating and even the social manners of the individual. the aim of this study was to test the trans-theoretical model to gain an understanding of the inter-dental cleaning behavior change in mothers and their children in the city of sanandaj. methods: this study was a randomized controlled trial, conduct...

conclusions the results of this study showed that an educational intervention based on transtheoretical model can improve stages of change in physical activity behavior. it can also enhance cognitive factors such as perceived benefits and self-efficacy for exercise up to three months after the intervention, but over the time changes may decrease. results stages of change of physical activity in...

Introduction: Transtheoretical model (TTM) is one of the models applied to assess the physical activity behavior. From critiques to this model is that the majority of the studies based on the transtheoretical model have employed cross-sectional designs so that it fails to show the dynamic nature of change. Thus, the aim of the current study was to investigate transitional shifts in Physical Act...

CONTEXT The transtheoretical model has been widely used in the investigation of how people adapt to new behaviors; however, the literature appears to be lacking documentation of any assessment/s administered to injured athletes to determine their readiness for rehabilitation, which depending on the severity of the injury, could possibly represent a behavior change for that individual. OBJECTI...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the effects of an intervention based on the Transtheoretical Model on anthropometric and dietetic profile among women in the Primary Health Care in Brazil. DESIGN AND METHODS Randomized controlled trial. The control group participated in physical activity and open group-education regarding nutrition of usual care. The intervention group participated in 10 workshops based ...

BACKGROUND Physical activity is one of the most important indicators of health in communities but different studies conducted in the provinces of Iran showed that inactivity is prevalent, especially among women. OBJECTIVES Inadequate regular physical activities among women, the importance of education in promoting the physical activities, and lack of studies on the women using transtheoretica...

Ontologies are widely used in computer science and medicine. Ontologies may be useful in health promotion and disease prevention for intervention development. Interventionists usually use theory to guide intervention design and evaluation, but there is no standard vocabulary for health behavior theory. A formal mechanism for converting theory to a computer-based representation may provide a too...