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Understanding Primary Care Patients' Self-weighing Habits: Cohort Analysis from the PaTH Clinical Data Research Network.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Greater than 60% of adults have overweight or obesity. Self-weighing is an effective weight loss and weight maintenance tool. However, little is known about self-weighing habits among the primary care patient population. Our objective was to examine the frequency of patient-reported self-weighing, and to evaluate the associations of self-weighing with demographic characteristics and self-monitoring behaviors. METHODS:We conducted an analysis of survey data collected as part of the PaTH Clinical Data Research Network, which recruited a cohort of 1,021 primary care patients at 4 academic medical centers. Patients of all body mass index (BMI) categories were included. RESULTS:Response rate of 6-month survey was 727 (71%). The mean age was 56 years, and most were female (68%), White (78%), college graduates (66%), and employed/retired (85%). The mean BMI was 30.2 kg/m2, 80% of participants had a BMI ? 25 kg/m2. Of patients with BMI ? 25 kg/m2, 35% of participants self-weighed weekly and 23% daily. Participants who reported self-weighing at least weekly were more likely to be older (59 vs 54 years, p?

SUBMITTER: Bramante CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6712152 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Understanding Primary Care Patients' Self-weighing Habits: Cohort Analysis from the PaTH Clinical Data Research Network.

Bramante Carolyn T CT   McTigue Kathleen M KM   Lehmann Harold P HP   Clark Jeanne M JM   Rothenberger Scott S   Kraschnewski Jennifer J   Lent Michelle R MR   Herring Sharon J SJ   Conroy Molly B MB   McCullough Jody J   Bennett Wendy L WL  

Journal of general internal medicine 20190716 9


<h4>Background</h4>Greater than 60% of adults have overweight or obesity. Self-weighing is an effective weight loss and weight maintenance tool. However, little is known about self-weighing habits among the primary care patient population. Our objective was to examine the frequency of patient-reported self-weighing, and to evaluate the associations of self-weighing with demographic characteristics and self-monitoring behaviors.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted an analysis of survey data collected as  ...[more]

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