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Provider Advice About Weight Loss in a Primary Care Sample of Obese and Overweight Patients
Objective: Primary care providers play an important role in obesity prevention and reduction by advising patients about weight loss strategies. This study examined receipt of provider advice to lose weight among primary care patients who were overweight and obese. Methods: Observational study conduc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5932732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28643551 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150131917715336 |
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author | Halbert, Chanita Hughes Jefferson, Melanie Melvin, Cathy L. Rice, LaShanta Chukwuka, Kemi M. |
author_facet | Halbert, Chanita Hughes Jefferson, Melanie Melvin, Cathy L. Rice, LaShanta Chukwuka, Kemi M. |
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description | Objective: Primary care providers play an important role in obesity prevention and reduction by advising patients about weight loss strategies. This study examined receipt of provider advice to lose weight among primary care patients who were overweight and obese. Methods: Observational study conducted among primary care patients (n = 282) who completed a survey that measured receipt of provider advice about weight loss/management, chronic health conditions, perceived weight status, and perceptions about shared decision making about weight loss/management. Results: Fifty-nine percent of participants had been advised by their physician to lose weight. Participants who were obese were more likely than those who were overweight to report provider advice (odds ratio [OR] = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.25-4.34, P = .001). Similarly, participants who believed they were obese/overweight had a greater likelihood of reporting provider advice compared with those who did not believe they were obese/overweight (OR = 1.40, 95% CI = 2.43-6.37, P = .0001). Shared decision making about weight loss/management was associated with an increased likelihood of reporting provider advice (OR = 3.30, 95% CI = 2.62-4.12, P = .0001). Conclusions: Patient beliefs about their weight status and perceptions about shared decision-making are important to receiving provider advice about weight loss/management among primary care patients. Practice Implications: Continued efforts are needed to enhance provider advice about weight loss/management among obese/overweight patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-59327322018-05-07 Provider Advice About Weight Loss in a Primary Care Sample of Obese and Overweight Patients Halbert, Chanita Hughes Jefferson, Melanie Melvin, Cathy L. Rice, LaShanta Chukwuka, Kemi M. J Prim Care Community Health Original Research Objective: Primary care providers play an important role in obesity prevention and reduction by advising patients about weight loss strategies. This study examined receipt of provider advice to lose weight among primary care patients who were overweight and obese. Methods: Observational study conducted among primary care patients (n = 282) who completed a survey that measured receipt of provider advice about weight loss/management, chronic health conditions, perceived weight status, and perceptions about shared decision making about weight loss/management. Results: Fifty-nine percent of participants had been advised by their physician to lose weight. Participants who were obese were more likely than those who were overweight to report provider advice (odds ratio [OR] = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.25-4.34, P = .001). Similarly, participants who believed they were obese/overweight had a greater likelihood of reporting provider advice compared with those who did not believe they were obese/overweight (OR = 1.40, 95% CI = 2.43-6.37, P = .0001). Shared decision making about weight loss/management was associated with an increased likelihood of reporting provider advice (OR = 3.30, 95% CI = 2.62-4.12, P = .0001). Conclusions: Patient beliefs about their weight status and perceptions about shared decision-making are important to receiving provider advice about weight loss/management among primary care patients. Practice Implications: Continued efforts are needed to enhance provider advice about weight loss/management among obese/overweight patients. SAGE Publications 2017-06-23 2017-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5932732/ /pubmed/28643551 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150131917715336 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Halbert, Chanita Hughes Jefferson, Melanie Melvin, Cathy L. Rice, LaShanta Chukwuka, Kemi M. Provider Advice About Weight Loss in a Primary Care Sample of Obese and Overweight Patients |
title | Provider Advice About Weight Loss in a Primary Care Sample of Obese and Overweight Patients |
title_full | Provider Advice About Weight Loss in a Primary Care Sample of Obese and Overweight Patients |
title_fullStr | Provider Advice About Weight Loss in a Primary Care Sample of Obese and Overweight Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Provider Advice About Weight Loss in a Primary Care Sample of Obese and Overweight Patients |
title_short | Provider Advice About Weight Loss in a Primary Care Sample of Obese and Overweight Patients |
title_sort | provider advice about weight loss in a primary care sample of obese and overweight patients |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5932732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28643551 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150131917715336 |
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