Exploring patient beliefs and perceptions regarding obesity as a disease, obesity causation and treatment.

Irish Journal of Medical Science
Andrew GrannellCarel W le Roux

Abstract

In patients with obesity (PwO) and heath care providers (HcPs), there appears to exist a discrepancy between recognition of obesity as a disease and the underlying biology of the disease. This is evident when considering PwO and HcPs appear to agree obesity is a disease but position lifestyle related factors as the main barriers to treatment with "eat less and move more" considered the best treatment approach. This does not align with current evidence regarding obesity treatments and the underlying pathophysiology. An understanding of PwO beliefs and perceptions may facilitate improved communication strategies with regard to the underlying pathophysiology of obesity as a disease. This has the potential to lead to improvements in both prevention and treatment strategies. Therefore, we evaluated PwO beliefs and perceptions of obesity as a disease, obesity causation and obesity treatment recorded during clinical evaluation. As part of usual clinical practice we record 9 items to investigate beliefs and perceptions of obesity in PwO. We used a clinical audit to determine how frequently this information was formally recorded and to explore the association between beliefs and perceptions. The information was formally recorded in the ...Continue Reading

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