Obesity treatment and adherence to doctors′ recommendations in patients with cardiovascular diseases and/or cardiovascular disease risk factors (results of patients’ interviews within the outpatient registry «PROFILE»)

Autor: S. Y. Martsevich, Yulia V. Semenova, O. V. Lerman, Y. V. Lukina, N. P. Kutishenko
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Obesity Medicine. 15:100119
ISSN: 2451-8476
DOI: 10.1016/j.obmed.2019.100119
Popis: Aim Assessment of treatment specifics in patients with obesity and patients' adherence to doctors’ recommendations within the outpatient registry PROFILE. Methods The registry PROFILE included patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases (CVD) or/and CVD risk factors, attending specialized cardiology department of a scientific medical center. During the period from April 19, 2017 to January 30, 2018 520 patients from the PROFILE registry have attended the department. Obesity was diagnosed in 347 patients. Out of 347 patients, 305 (88%) were interviewed using specifically designed questionnaire: 167 females, 138 males, mean age of patients was 63.9 ± 11.3. Results Only 81 out of 305 patients (26.6%) with diagnosed obesity accepted having this disease, 189 patients (62%) considered themselves overweight and 35 patients (11.5%) considered themselves normal weight. Primary-care doctors had paid attention to the problem of obesity only in 255 out of 305 cases (83.6%). Analysis of doctors’ recommendations showed that 242 out of 305 patients (79.3%) had been recommended reducing calorie intake, 194 (63.6%) – increasing physical activity, 37 patients (12.1%) had been prescribed medications, three patients (1%) had been recommended surgical treatment. Conclusions Interviewing of patients revealed patients' underestimation of their condition and doctors’ low attention to the problem of obesity treatment.
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