Using the Edmonton Obesity Staging System in the real world: a feasibility study based on cross-sectional data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) combined with body mass index (BMI) enables improved functional and prognostic assessment for patients. To facilitate application of the EOSS in practice, we aimed to create tools for capturing comorbidity assessments in electronic medical records and for automating the calculation of a patient's EOSS stage.

Methods

In this feasibility study, we used cross-sectional data to create a clinical dashboard to calculate and display the relation between BMI and EOSS and the prevalence of related comorbidities. We obtained data from the Northern Alberta Primary Care Research Network and the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN). We included patients at least 18 years of age with BMI between 30 and 60 who vi

SUBMITTER: Swaleh R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8673483 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature