Barriers to accessing weight-loss interventions for patients with class II or III obesity in primary care: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Over 1 million Canadians have class II or III obesity; however, access to weight-loss interventions for these patients remains limited. The purpose of our study was to identify the barriers to accessing medical and surgical weight-loss interventions from the perspectives of 3 groups: family physicians, patients who were referred for weight-loss intervention and patients who were not referred for weight-loss intervention. METHODS:Between November 2017 and May 2018, we conducted a qualitative exploratory research study using focus groups with family physicians and interviews with patients with class II or III obesity from 1 region in southern Ontario. We conducted a thematic analysis to identify emergent themes and used the barriers to change theory to classify the similarities an

SUBMITTER: Zevin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6910138 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature