Missed diagnosis-a major barrier to patient access to obesity healthcare in the primary care setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether individuals with an elevated BMI measurement, for whom a diagnosis of overweight or obesity (OW/OB) is not recorded, are less likely to be offered clinical care for obesity compared to those with a recorded diagnosis.

Subjects

A retrospective cohort study using the electronic medical record database of Maccabi Healthcare Services (MHS) in Israel. Included were 200,000 adults with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m² measurement recorded during a primary care visit between 2014 and 2020, and no prior diagnosis of OW/OB or related co-morbidities.

Methods

The relationships between a recorded diagnosis of OW/OB and two composite outcomes: 1. A composite of referrals to screening tests for metabolic complications; 2. A composite of weight loss interve

SUBMITTER: Kasher Meron M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11216998 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature