Role of PCP referral and weight loss in the Hopkins POWER trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Primary care providers (PCPs) play an important role in identifying and counseling obese patients to lose weight, but it is unknown whether PCP referral of patients into a weight loss intervention is associated with greater weight loss. The objectives are to determine if PCP referral is associated with greater 1) weight loss, 2) end of study patient-provider relationship quality, and 3) satisfaction and participation rates in the intervention.

Methods

415 obese patients enrolled in the Hopkins POWER trial from six primary care practices in the Baltimore area. We conducted a secondary analysis of results from the trial using longitudinal mixed-effects model and generalized linear model, adjusting for clinic, sex, age, and race. The primary outcome was absolute weight

SUBMITTER: Tseng E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4721330 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature