Prelude to PATHWEIGH: pragmatic weight management in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Treatment of obesity-related diseases, rather than obesity itself, remains the mainstay of medical care. The current study examined a novel approach that prioritizes weight management in primary care to shift this paradigm.

Methods

PATHWEIGH is a weight management approach consisting of staff team training, workflow system management, and data capture from tools built into the electronic medical record (EPIC). PATHWEIGH was compared to standard of care (SOC) using two family medicine clinics in the same US healthcare system. Descriptive statistics compared patient-, provider-, and clinic-level factors between the groups among those with at least one weight-prioritized visit (WPV) and one follow-up weight over 14 months.

Results

Groups were similar in terms o

SUBMITTER: Wild J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10047621 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature