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Minority and low-income patients are less likely to have a scale for self-weighing in their home: A survey in primary care.


ABSTRACT: Daily self-weighing is a weight management behaviour that requires a scale; however, scale ownership may be cost-prohibitive for some patients. Our objective was to understand the proportion of primary care patients with a scale at home, and factors associated with home scale access, to potentially inform future interventions that facilitate scale access. Cross sectional survey of 216 adult patients from three primary care clinics: mixed-income urban/suburban (n = 68); mixed-income urban (n = 70); low-income urban (n = 74). The dependent variable was presence of a home scale; bivariate associations were conducted with variables including demographics, insurance type, clinic setting and self-reported height/weight. Mean age was 53?years; 71% women; 71% racial minority; mean body mass index 32?kg/m2 . Overall, 56% had a home scale. Most (79%) white patients owned a scale, compared to 46% of racial minority patients (P

SUBMITTER: Bramante CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382396 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Minority and low-income patients are less likely to have a scale for self-weighing in their home: A survey in primary care.

Bramante Carolyn T CT   Lee Grace G   Amsili Safira S SS   Linde Jennifer A JA   Phelan Sean M SM   Appel Lawrence J LJ   Bennett Wendy L WL   Clark Jeanne M JM   Gudzune Kimberly A KA  

Clinical obesity 20200507 4


Daily self-weighing is a weight management behaviour that requires a scale; however, scale ownership may be cost-prohibitive for some patients. Our objective was to understand the proportion of primary care patients with a scale at home, and factors associated with home scale access, to potentially inform future interventions that facilitate scale access. Cross sectional survey of 216 adult patients from three primary care clinics: mixed-income urban/suburban (n = 68); mixed-income urban (n = 70  ...[more]

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