Surgeon Engagement with Patient-Reported Measures in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Bariatric Practices.

ABSTRACT: Patient-reported measures are an important emerging metric in outcome monitoring; however, they remain ill-defined and underutilized in bariatric clinical practice. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of patient-reported measures employed in bariatric practices across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, including barriers to their implementation and to what extent clinicians are receptive to their use. An online survey was distributed to all bariatric surgeons actively contributing to the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Bariatric Surgery Registry (n = 176). Participants reported their use of patient-reported measures and identified the most important and useful outcomes of patient-reported data for clinical practice. Responses from 64 participants reported on 120 public a

SUBMITTER: Budin AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9532331 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature