Question

The patient came to your exercise sessions 80% of the time during the 8 week period. Since she only needed to comply by 70%, she was granted the lap band surgery. After 12 weeks, she has lost 50 pounds and has eliminated her insulin and cholesterol medications but is still on the hypertension meds. Her knees also are starting to feel better. You meet with this person post-surgery for an exercise assessment and the post surgery program. This time, she is very resistant to your exercise advice. In fact, she has no interest in participating in your exercise program anymore.

Using the Stages of Change Behavior Theory, what is this patient’s current stage now?

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Answer

- Here in this scnerio patient was suffering from certain lap band surgery , insulin , cholesterol , hypertension . Now the allotted time which wws given to patient was 8 weeks and and she qs participating 80 percent to achieve her goal and she was in precontemplation stage of behavioural theory , after the 12 weeks she loose 50 pounds which lead her to contemplation satge of behavioural theory , when she eliminated the insulin and cholesterol meds she entered in to determination stage of behavioural theory , but still she went to surgery procedure and still suffering hypertension she is in the action stage of behavioral theory , she had some changes no doubt after 12 weeks and also got relief from knee problems and insulin and cholesterol so she wants to maintain this changes that is maintainance stage of behavioural theory , but due to all this scnerio she has become resistant to your exercise than before beacuse of her current stage which recurrance stage of behavioural theory , that she thinks that might there are chances of all this recurrence again and all she worked will go in vain .