Contributors to patient engagement in primary health care: perceptions of patients with obesity
- 14 December 2012
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Primary Health Care Research & Development
- Vol. 14 (04), 367-372
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1463423612000643
Abstract
Patients with obesity are at risk for treatment avoidance and nonadherence. Factors that contribute to engagement in primary health care for patients with obesity are not fully understood. The purpose of this pilot study was to identify issues associated with engagement in primary health care for patients with obesity. Using qualitative methodology, 11 patients with a mean body mass index of 40.8 kg/m(2) registered with a primary health care practice were interviewed. Conventional content analysis was used to identify factors that contribute to engagement in primary health care. Barriers and facilitators to engagement in primary health care were categorized into the following themes: availability of resources, importance of the relationship, meaningful communication, feeling judged, lack of privacy, poor communication and limited provider knowledge about obesity. Obesity was identified as a health condition that requires additional considerations for patient engagement in their health care.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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