Self-reported access to and quality of healthcare for diabetes : Do the severely obese experience equal access? Dixon,J, Browne,J, Rice,T, Jones,K, Pouwer,F and Speight,J 2014, Self-reported access to and quality of healthcare for diabetes : Do the severely obese experience equal access?, Australian Family Physician, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 552-556. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Self-reported access to and quality of healthcare for diabetes : Do the severely obese experience equal access? Author(s) Dixon,J Browne,J orcid.org/0000-0001-7294-8114 Rice,T Jones,K Pouwer,F Speight,J orcid.org/0000-0002-1204-6896 Journal name Australian Family Physician Volume number 43 Issue number 8 Start page 552 End page 556 Total pages 6 Publisher Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Place of publication East Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2014 ISSN 0300-8495 Keyword(s) Delivery of healthcare Diabetes mellitus Obesity Quality of healthcare Research Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Primary Health Care Medicine, General & Internal General & Internal Medicine PHYSICIAN ATTITUDES NATIONAL-SURVEY MANAGEMENT ADULTS DISCRIMINATION AUSTRALIA STIGMA MILES Summary Background: Given reported pejorative views that health professionals have about patients who are severely obese, we examined the self-reported views of the quality and availability of diabetes care from the perspective of adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), stratified by body mass index (BMI). Methods: 1795 respondents to the Diabetes MILES - Australia national survey had T2DM. Of these, 530 (30%) were severely obese (BMI ≥35 kg/m2) and these participants were matched with 530 controls (BMI <35 kg/m2). Data regarding participants' self-reported interactions with health practitioners and services were compared. Results: Over 70% of participants reported that their general practitioner was the professional they relied on most for diabetes care. There were no betweengroup differences in patient-reported availability of health services, quality of interaction with health practitioners, resources and support for selfmanagement, or access to almost all diabetes services. Discussion: Participants who were severely obese did not generally report greater difficulty in accessing diabetes care. Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920104 Diabetes HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30071601 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 19 Mar 2015, 12:35:07 EST Fri, 20 Mar 2015, 04:04:51 EST Fri, 20 Mar 2015, 05:11:06 EST Thu, 26 Mar 2015, 10:55:08 EST Thu, 26 Mar 2015, 10:55:55 EST Thu, 26 Mar 2015, 11:00:22 EST Wed, 21 Dec 2016, 08:29:19 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 258 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 19 Mar 2015, 12:35:07 EST

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