Obesity and Health Care Experiences among Women and Men Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is highly stigmatized, especially for women, and therefore may negatively affect health care experiences. Past findings on the relationship between obesity and health care experiences are mixed, perhaps because few studies examine relationships by gender and obesity class. Our objective was to evaluate whether women and men with more severe obesity report worse health care experiences related to Veterans Health Administration (VA) care.

Methods

Health care experiences (self-management support, mental health assessments, office staff courtesy, communication with providers) and overall provider ratings were assessed with the 2014 VA Survey of Health Care Experiences of Patients. Using multiple regression analyses (n = 13,462 women, n = 268,180 men), we asses

SUBMITTER: Breland JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451103 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature