Abstract:Background: The Beliefs About Obese Persons Scale (BAOP) is used among non-obese people in English speaking countries to evaluate their opinions on obese people. Nevertheless, the data are scarce from the view of obese people. Therefore, we wanted to test BAOP on obese patients in order to evaluate their opinions from the perspective of obese patients. Methods: Between August 2019-June 2020, 115 (76.7%) female and 35 (23.3%) male, a total of 150 obese patients who were admitted to the general surgery departmen… Show more
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