Predictors of Attrition From a Clinical Pediatric Obesity Treatment Program
| Autor: | Diana H. Dolinsky, Sarah C. Armstrong, Truls Østbye |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Patient Dropouts Adolescent Kaplan-Meier Estimate Overweight White People Cohort Studies Young Adult Weight loss North Carolina medicine Humans Attrition Obesity Young adult Child Retrospective Studies Insurance Health business.industry Retrospective cohort study Hispanic or Latino Odds ratio medicine.disease Confidence interval Black or African American Weight Reduction Programs Logistic Models Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Pediatrics. 51:1168-1174 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2707 0009-9228 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0009922812458355 |
| Popis: | Objective. To assess the predictors of attrition from a clinical pediatric obesity treatment program. Methods. We evaluated 2- through 20-year-old patients first seen at the Duke University Healthy Lifestyles Program between October 2006 and December 2008. We assessed the predictors of early dropout (not returning for any follow-up visits within 1 year) and of noncompletion (not attending at least 6 visits within 1 year after entry). Results. The sample included 983 patients. In adjusted analyses, non-white non-Hispanic children were more likely to be early dropouts than white non-Hispanic children (odds ratio [OR] = 1.46, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.03-2.07). Non-white non-Hispanic children were more likely to be noncompleters than white non-Hispanic (OR = 1.56, 95% CI = 1.03-2.36) and Hispanic children (OR = 2.56, 95% CI = 1.34-4.90). Conclusions. Race/ethnicity predicted patient attrition. Investigation into this association and program modification are needed to reduce attrition in certain racial... |
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