1997
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800379
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Practice nurses’ beliefs about obesity and weight related interventions in primary care

Abstract: Objective: To examine practice nurses' beliefs about obesity and their current practices and the role of the weight management context and their own BMI on these factors. Design: Cross sectional questionnaire. Subjects: Questionnaires concerning beliefs about obesity and current practices were completed by 586 practice nurses. Results: The subjects rated lifestyle as the main cause and cardiovascular problems as the main consequences of obesity, regarded weight loss as bene®cial and reported high con®dence in … Show more

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“…This mismatch occurred despite the fact that half of respondents indicated they often assess client's de®nitions of successful outcomes. Hoppe and Ogden 36 have reported similar frustrations amongst British nurse practitioners and noted that this corresponded with their low expectations of patient compliance and weight loss.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…This mismatch occurred despite the fact that half of respondents indicated they often assess client's de®nitions of successful outcomes. Hoppe and Ogden 36 have reported similar frustrations amongst British nurse practitioners and noted that this corresponded with their low expectations of patient compliance and weight loss.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…How do we ever make a sensible decision? The answer probably lies in the fact that much of what we do is routine, predictable and requires little Obesity [41][42][43][44] Psychiatric illness [45][46][47][48] Age [49][50][51][52] Socioeconomic status 35,53 Sexual orientation [54][55][56] Substance abuse disorders 57,58 Chronic and complex illness 58,59 A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department in an agitated state. She is holding a large empty bottle of aspirin and says that she has taken all of the pills a few hours ago to 'end it all'.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Overweight adults report feeling stigmatized, stereotyped [6], and treated disrespectfully [7] within their communities and by medical professionals. Health care providers, nurses, and medical students have been reported to perceive obese adult patients as lazy and lacking selfcontrol [8,9] and to believe they are less likely to comply with prescribed treatment regimens than patients of normal weight [10,11]. Based upon these findings, it is perhaps not surprising that many overweight adults report that physicians do not understand the extent to which overweight causes difficulty in their lives [12].…”
Section: Methods-thementioning
confidence: 99%