Primary Care Patients' and Providers' Perspectives about an Online Weight Management Program: a Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care providers (PCPs) often take the lead role in caring for patients with overweight and obesity; however, few PCPs counsel patients about weight loss. Online weight management programs that are integrated within primary care may help address this gap in care.

Objective

To identify perceptions of and experience with online weight management programs in general and with a proposed online program, to identify barriers to use, and to improve the design and content of our intervention, which included an online program plus population health management (PHM) support from primary care practices.

Design

A mixed qualitative methods study including three patient focus groups and seven semi-structured interviews with healthcare providers.

Participants

SUBMITTER: Rozenblum R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6667547 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature