Understanding Primary Care Patients’ Self-weighing Habits: Cohort Analysis from the PaTH Clinical Data Research Network
| Autor: | Wendy L Bennett, Kathleen M. McTigue, Scott D. Rothenberger, Harold P Lehmann, Michelle R. Lent, Jennifer L. Kraschnewski, Jody McCullough, Molly B. Conroy, Carolyn T. Bramante, Jeanne M. Clark, Sharon J. Herring |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Health Behavior Population Overweight 01 natural sciences Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Weight loss Surveys and Questionnaires Internal Medicine Humans Medicine Obesity 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics education Aged Original Research Response rate (survey) education.field_of_study Primary Health Care business.industry Body Weight 010102 general mathematics Middle Aged medicine.disease Self Care Socioeconomic Factors Cohort Female medicine.symptom business Body mass index Demography Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | J Gen Intern Med |
| ISSN: | 1525-1497 0884-8734 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Greater than 60% of adults have overweight or obesity. Self-weighing is an effective weight loss and weight maintenance tool. However, little is known about self-weighing habits among the primary care patient population. Our objective was to examine the frequency of patient-reported self-weighing, and to evaluate the associations of self-weighing with demographic characteristics and self-monitoring behaviors. METHODS: We conducted an analysis of survey data collected as part of the PaTH Clinical Data Research Network, which recruited a cohort of 1,021 primary care patients at 4 academic medical centers. Patients of all body mass index (BMI) categories were included. RESULTS: Response rate of 6-month survey was 727 (71%). The mean age was 56 years, and most were female (68%), White (78%), college graduates (66%), and employed/retired (85%). The mean BMI was 30.2 kg/m(2), 80% of participants had a BMI ≧ 25 kg/m(2). Of patients with BMI ≧ 25 kg/m(2), 35% of participants self-weighed weekly and 23% daily. Participants who reported self-weighing at least weekly were more likely to be older (59 vs 54 years, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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