Analysis of medical appointments for patients with overweight and obesity in a public hospital of Lima, Peru: a cross-sectional study of audio-recorded consultations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the content of overweight and obesity counseling performed in a public Peruvian hospital.

Methods

We audio-recorded 40 visits of patients with overweight or obesity from the internal medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, and family medicine services at Cayetano Heredia Hospital. Fragments of the recordings in which counseling was performed were transcribed and codified. We established a checklist to score each counseling session and performed descriptive analyses.

Results

Complete counseling (including weight, nutrition, and physical activity) was performed in 32.5% of consultations. The average time spent in counseling was 1.72 minutes. Counseling on weight loss was performed in 65% of consultations, nutrition in 65%, and physical activity in 35%

SUBMITTER: Torres-Nolasco MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9208051 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature