Changing provider behaviour to increase nurse visits for obesity in family practice: the 5As Team randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is increasing recognition that health care professionals often fail to provide meaningful obesity care in routine clinical practice. There is scant information on how to support practice change. The objective of the 5AsT trial was to assess whether a co-created educational intervention would increase the quantity of obesity visits conducted by family practice nurses.

Methods

We conducted a randomized controlled trial with convergent mixed-methods evaluation in a primary care network in Alberta, Canada. The intervention, based on the Theoretical Domains Framework and 5As of Obesity Management, included 12 2-hour interactive educational sessions from November 2013 to April 2014. Twenty-four teams of nurses, mental health workers and dietitians were randomly as

SUBMITTER: Campbell-Scherer DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6544504 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature