Social determinants of motivation to lose weight among literate obese patients: A qualitative study

Oyebanji, Ayodele Emmanuel; Dankyau, Musa; Asiribo-Sallau, Osesienemo

doi:10.5455/jbh.20160306071015

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“…Perceived stigma seemed to serve as both a motivator and barrier to weight loss. Our study shared a similar nding to a qualitative study, which found stigmatization as a motivator to lose weight among obese patients (45).…”

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“…Among those who were enrolling into a weight loss program, health and appearance were among the most commonly cited reasons, and to a lesser extent, mood (12). Ayodele et al (14) reported several shared motivational drives for weight loss among participants with obese classes II and III. These included pressure from the managing physician, family members and friends, appearance, perceived stigmatization and self-esteem, health issues, and concerns over risk factors for diseases.…”

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“…They had multiple co-morbidities and a wide age range of between 13 and 65 years old with a mean age of 39.33 ± 12.18. The patients' age was classi ed into early adolescents (< 18 years old), young adults(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35), middle-aged adults(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55) and older adults (> 55 years old) (28), with the majority being within the young adult's group of 18 to 35 (n = 82) and middle age adult group of 36 to 55 years old (n = 105).…”

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Towards Precision Health in Weight Reduction: Thematic Content Analysis of an Open-Ended Survey on Reasons Why Morbidly Obese Patients Want to Lose Weight.

Md-Yasin¹,

Ismail²,

Malek³

et al. 2020

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Background: Addressing individuals’ motivation to lose weight among patients with morbid obesity is an essential entity in weight reduction. Failures to shift motivation into weight loss actions are common. These could be contributed by the inadequacy to identify and subsequently address the key reasons, that are of particular concern to the patient' individual needs. We aimed to understand the motivations better and identify the reasons why morbidly obese patients attending hospital-based weight management programmes (WMP) wanted to lose weight. Methods: The study used a qualitative approach to analyze part of a quantitative questionnaire of a more extensive study to understand factors influencing weight loss among morbidly obese patients. We used thematic content analysis to analyze responses from a self-administered open-ended question "What is the main factor why you want to lose your weight?”. A total of 225 new patients attending obesity clinics in two tertiary hospitals responded to the questionnaire. Results: Patients’ mean BMI was 45.6±8.05 kg/m2. Four themes emerged for the reasons why morbidly obese patients wanted to lose weight. Health was the most commonly inferred theme (84%). Patients were concerned about the impact obesity had on their health. Overcoming obesity was seen as a reward not just for physical health, but also for their psychological wellbeing. Patients regard being functional to care for themselves, their family members, as well as their religious and career needs as the next most crucial theme (25.8%). Patients raised the theme appearance (12.9%), especially with regards to wanting to look and feel beautiful. The last theme was perceived stigmatization for being morbidly obese as they were mocked and laughed at for their appearance (3.1%).Conclusion: Patients with morbid obesity in this study had expressed their main personal motivational reasons to lose weight. Concerns about the impact of morbid obesity on health, physical, social and obligatory function, appearance and perceived stigma warrant detailed exploration by the managing health professionals. Identifying and addressing these unique personal motivations in a focused approach is vital at the beginning and throughout a weight reduction program in this unique group.

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