Patient and practice characteristics predicting attendance and completion at a specialist weight management service in the UK: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association between patient and referring practice characteristics and attendance and completion at a specialist health service weight management service (WMS).

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Regional specialist WMS located in the West of Scotland.

Participants

9677 adults with obesity referred between 2012 and 2014; 3250 attending service and 2252 completing.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary outcome measure was attendance at the WMS; secondary outcome was completion, defined as attending four or more sessions.

Analysis

Multilevel binary logistic regression models constructed to determine the association between patient and practice characteristics and attendance and completion.

Results

Approx

SUBMITTER: Blane DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719278 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature