Development of an Assessment Tool for Completion by Patients with Overweight or Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Discussions of weight-management strategies between patients and healthcare providers can yield positive outcomes for people with overweight or obesity. Nonetheless, people with overweight or obesity encounter communication challenges and other barriers to pursuing effective weight-management strategies with their healthcare providers. The aim of this study was to develop a new self-completed assessment tool to initiate and facilitate conversations related to weight management between patients and healthcare providers.

Methods

Developing the assessment tool involved a series of steps and draft versions of the tool, based on feedback from key opinion leaders in the field of obesity (N = 4) and input from people with overweight or obesity (N = 18). Three iterative

SUBMITTER: Kim N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9579616 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature