is the quality of counseling associated with patients motivation and intention to lose weight?
Jay, Melanie; Gillespie, Colleen; Schlair, Sheira; Sherman, Scott; Kalet, Adina 2010 Jun 9;10:159, BMC health services research ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Physicians are encouraged to counsel obese patients to lose weight, but studies measuring the quality of physicians’ counseling are rare. We sought to describe the quality of physicians’ obesity counseling and to determine associations between the quality of counseling and obese patients’ motivation and intentions to lose weight, key predictors of behavior change. METHODS: We conducted post-visit surveys with obese patients to assess physician’s use of 5As counseling techniques and the overall patient-centeredness of the physician.. Patients also reported on their motivation to lose weight and their intentions to eat healthier and exercise. One-way ANOVAs were used to describe mean differences in number of counseling practices across levels of self-rated intention and motivation. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess assoc
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