Obesity impacts on general practice appointments Broom, John I., Brown, Jenny E., McQuigg, Maria S., Laws, Rachel A., Reckless, John P., Kumar, Sudhesh, Noble, Paula A. and Hole, David J. 2005, Obesity impacts on general practice appointments, Obesity: a research journal, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 1442-1449, doi: 10.1038/oby.2005.174. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Obesity impacts on general practice appointments Author(s) Broom, John I. Brown, Jenny E. McQuigg, Maria S. Laws, Rachel A. orcid.org/0000-0003-4328-1116 Reckless, John P. Kumar, Sudhesh Noble, Paula A. Hole, David J. Journal name Obesity: a research journal Volume number 13 Issue number 8 Start page 1442 End page 1449 Total pages 8 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2005-08 ISSN 1071-7323 Keyword(s) consultation general practitioner practice nurse Summary Objective: To quantify the impact of obesity on the number of visits to both primary and secondary care teams. Research Methods and Procedures: The adult populations of 80 general practices throughout the United Kingdom were classified according to their BMI. We undertook a cross-sectional survey of computer-generated and handwritten records of 6150 obese people (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) and 1150 normal weight (BMI = 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2) control subjects over an 18-month retrospective period. Results: Obese patients made significantly more visits to the general practitioner (GP), practice nurse (PN), and hospital outpatient units than normal weight patients (all p < 0.001), and they were admitted to the hospital more often (p = 0.034). For both GP and PN visits, the relationship remained after adjusting for age, sex, social deprivation category, country, and number of comorbidities. Among obese patients, there was an increasing relationship between frequent GP visits (at least four appointments) and greater BMI, which remained significant after adjustment had been made for age, sex, deprivation, country, and number of comorbidities. Discussion: The human resource burden to general practice is significantly higher in the obese population than in the normal weight population, even when adjusted for confounding factors. The increase in prevalence of obesity will continue to put pressure on GP and PN time unless appropriate action is taken. Language eng DOI 10.1038/oby.2005.174 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 929999 Health not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005, Wiley Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30083472 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 14 May 2016, 11:13:41 EST Sun, 15 May 2016, 05:00:43 EST Sun, 15 May 2016, 06:22:57 EST Fri, 03 Jun 2016, 11:18:31 EST Fri, 03 Jun 2016, 11:21:57 EST Sat, 17 Jun 2017, 02:42:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 30 times in TR Web of Science Cited 32 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 125 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sat, 14 May 2016, 11:13:41 EST

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