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Parental attitudes toward bariatric surgery in adolescents with obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental underestimation of the severity and risks of their child's obesity and parents' potential implicit weight bias contribute to the reluctance to consider bariatric surgery for their adolescent children with obesity. Despite evidence for safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery in adolescents, pediatric providers may be hesitant or uncomfortable to discuss the benefits and refer patients for surgical evaluation. Understanding these barriers is an essential step toward effective long-term care in this patient population.

Objectives

We hypothesized that parental views on bariatric surgery are primarily influenced by personal experiences with bariatric surgery, their implicit bias, understanding of health risks of obesity, and counseling by pediatric providers.

Setting

Data were collected and analyzed at an academic medical center in the United States.

Methods

After a retrospective chart review of 192 adolescents with obesity, a telephone survey of patients' parents was conducted.

Results

Parents of 71.4% of patients who received outpatient weight loss counseling had accurate recollection of that event. Only 12.8% of parents who were referred to lifestyle programs successfully enrolled. Neither prior personal exposure to bariatric surgery nor enrollment of the child in a lifestyle program increased parents' likelihood to consider bariatric surgery for their child (P = .10 and .70, respectively). Most parents (84.6%) who were counseled by their pediatric provider about bariatric surgery would consider it, compared with only 34.5% of the parents who did not receive counseling (P < .001).

Conclusions

Counseling by pediatric providers, not involvement in lifestyle programs or exposure to bariatric surgery, increased parents' willingness to consider bariatric surgery for their child. Given the current recommendations to incorporate bariatric surgery as a treatment modality in severe adolescent obesity, earlier counseling about the role of surgery by pediatric providers is essential. More detailed provider education on the current state of bariatric surgery in the treatment of severe adolescent obesity is also necessary.

SUBMITTER: Singh UD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7832083 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Parental attitudes toward bariatric surgery in adolescents with obesity.

Singh Urvashi D UD Chernoguz Artur A

Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery 20191221 3

<h4>Background</h4>Parental underestimation of the severity and risks of their child's obesity and parents' potential implicit weight bias contribute to the reluctance to consider bariatric surgery for their adolescent children with obesity. Despite evidence for safety and efficacy of bariatric surgery in adolescents, pediatric providers may be hesitant or uncomfortable to discuss the benefits and refer patients for surgical evaluation. Understanding these barriers is an essential step toward ef ...[more]

PMID: 31917199

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Parental attitudes toward bariatric surgery in adolescents with obesity.

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Parental attitudes toward bariatric surgery in adolescents with obesity.

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