Introduction: Binge eating disorder is associated with many problems, including physical and psychological problems. Reducing the quality of life is one of the components that include the dimensions of health, physical, mental health, social relations and environmental health, which is reduced by extreme overeating. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate The effectiveness of lifestyle education with the Choice Theory Approach to increasing the quality of life of women with extreme binge eating disorder.
Methods: This study was performed with a quantitative approach and a quasi-experimental method using a pre-test-post-test-follow-up plan with the control group. The statistical population consisted of all overweight and obese women referred to Ardakan Comprehensive Urban Health Services Centers in 2019. Using the available sampling method, 30 people were selected as a sample and randomly assigned to two groups of 15 people (experiments and witnesses). Participants responded to the World Health Organization's Standard Quality of Life Questionnaire in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up stages. The experimental lifestyle intervention group with the theory of choice approach received 1.5 sessions in 9 sessions and two sessions per week, while the control group did not receive any intervention during the research period. Finally, the research data were analyzed by repeated analysis of variance method with a significance level of 0.05.
Results: The results showed that the average scores of quality of life and its dimensions (physical and mental health, mental health, social relations and environmental health) of the experimental group compared to the control group increased significantly in the post-test stage and this increase remained relatively constant in the follow-up stage (p< 0.001).
Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, the intervention of lifestyle education with the theory of selection approach improved the quality of life of women with binge eating disorder. Thus, lifestyle education with a choice theory approach can be a valuable intervention in reducing the problems of women with binge eating disorder.