Enablers and barriers to implementing obesity assessments in clinical practice: a rapid mixed-methods systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This systematic review aims to improve our knowledge of enablers and barriers to implementing obesity-related anthropometric assessments in clinical practice.

Design

A mixed-methods systematic review.

Data sources

Medline, Embase and CINAHL to November 2021.

Eligibility criteria

Quantitative studies that reported patient factors associated with obesity assessments in clinical practice (general practice or primary care); and qualitative studies that reported views of healthcare professionals about enablers and barriers to their implementation.

Data extraction and synthesis

We used random-effects meta-analysis to pool ratios for categorical predictors reported in ≥3 studies expressed as pooled risk ratio (RR) with 95% CI, applied inverse varianc

SUBMITTER: Atlantis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9710371 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature