Results of the ACTION-IO survey in Chilean patients with obesity and health care providers

ABSTRACT Background: Most of the Chilean population has overweight or obesity. The ACTION-IO survey identified the perceptions, attitudes, and barriers to effective obesity care in people with obesity (PwO) and healthcare professionals (HCPs). Aim: To report the results of the survey in Chile. Ma...

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Autores principales:	Cuevas,Ada, Alonso,Rodrigo, Contreras,Álvaro, Montt,Denisse, Rendon,Adriana
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2021
Materias:	Health Personnel Obesity Perception
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720210002002172021-06-25Results of the ACTION-IO survey in Chilean patients with obesity and health care providersCuevas,AdaAlonso,RodrigoContreras,ÁlvaroMontt,DenisseRendon,Adriana Health Personnel Obesity Perception ABSTRACT Background: Most of the Chilean population has overweight or obesity. The ACTION-IO survey identified the perceptions, attitudes, and barriers to effective obesity care in people with obesity (PwO) and healthcare professionals (HCPs). Aim: To report the results of the survey in Chile. Material and Methods: An online survey was conducted in 11 countries. In Chile, eligible PwO were adults with a body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2. Eligible HCPs were physicians involved in direct patient care. Results: The survey was completed by 1,000 PwO and 200 HCPs in Chile. Seventy four percent of PwO and 95% of HCPs agreed that obesity was a chronic disease. Most PwO (79%) assumed responsibility for their own weight loss, while 47% of HCPs considered weight loss to be the sole responsibility of their patients. Both 82% of PwO and 97% of HCPs believed that lack of exercise was a key barrier to weight loss. Sixty six percent of PwO and 58% HCPs noted that the cost of weight management medications, programs, and services was another barrier. Compared with HCPs, more PwO felt that genetic factors prevented weight loss (26 and 44% respectively). Few HCPs (19%) thought that their patients were motivated to lose weight, while 55% of PwO reported being motivated. Most (70%) PwO had discussed their weight problem with their HCP in the past 5 years, and of those that had not, 89% want their HCP to start a discussion about weight. Conclusions: Chilean data reveal misconceptions among PwO and HCPs about obesity and highlights the need to improve education about its biologic background and clinical management.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.149 n.2 20212021-02-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872021000200217en10.4067/s0034-98872021000200217
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spellingShingle	Health Personnel Obesity Perception Cuevas,Ada Alonso,Rodrigo Contreras,Álvaro Montt,Denisse Rendon,Adriana Results of the ACTION-IO survey in Chilean patients with obesity and health care providers
description	ABSTRACT Background: Most of the Chilean population has overweight or obesity. The ACTION-IO survey identified the perceptions, attitudes, and barriers to effective obesity care in people with obesity (PwO) and healthcare professionals (HCPs). Aim: To report the results of the survey in Chile. Material and Methods: An online survey was conducted in 11 countries. In Chile, eligible PwO were adults with a body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2. Eligible HCPs were physicians involved in direct patient care. Results: The survey was completed by 1,000 PwO and 200 HCPs in Chile. Seventy four percent of PwO and 95% of HCPs agreed that obesity was a chronic disease. Most PwO (79%) assumed responsibility for their own weight loss, while 47% of HCPs considered weight loss to be the sole responsibility of their patients. Both 82% of PwO and 97% of HCPs believed that lack of exercise was a key barrier to weight loss. Sixty six percent of PwO and 58% HCPs noted that the cost of weight management medications, programs, and services was another barrier. Compared with HCPs, more PwO felt that genetic factors prevented weight loss (26 and 44% respectively). Few HCPs (19%) thought that their patients were motivated to lose weight, while 55% of PwO reported being motivated. Most (70%) PwO had discussed their weight problem with their HCP in the past 5 years, and of those that had not, 89% want their HCP to start a discussion about weight. Conclusions: Chilean data reveal misconceptions among PwO and HCPs about obesity and highlights the need to improve education about its biologic background and clinical management.
author	Cuevas,Ada Alonso,Rodrigo Contreras,Álvaro Montt,Denisse Rendon,Adriana
author_facet	Cuevas,Ada Alonso,Rodrigo Contreras,Álvaro Montt,Denisse Rendon,Adriana
author_sort	Cuevas,Ada
title	Results of the ACTION-IO survey in Chilean patients with obesity and health care providers
title_short	Results of the ACTION-IO survey in Chilean patients with obesity and health care providers
title_full	Results of the ACTION-IO survey in Chilean patients with obesity and health care providers
title_fullStr	Results of the ACTION-IO survey in Chilean patients with obesity and health care providers
title_full_unstemmed	Results of the ACTION-IO survey in Chilean patients with obesity and health care providers
title_sort	results of the action-io survey in chilean patients with obesity and health care providers
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2021
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Results of the ACTION-IO survey in Chilean patients with obesity and health care providers

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