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Body mass index estimation and measurement by healthcare professionals

Open Journal of Preventive Medicine 2012年第3期2卷 265-271页

作者： Tomás Ahern Kirsten Doherty Daniel Kapeluto maeve davis Una Mulholland Edwina Rossiter Irene Gilroy Astrid Billfalk-Kelly Patricia FitzPatrick Leslie Daly Cecily Kelleher Donal O’Shea Department of Endocrinology St Vincent’s University Hospital Elm Park Dublin 4 Ireland Department of Family Medicine Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion St Vincent’s University Hospital Elm Park Dublin 4 Ireland School of Health & Science Department of Nursing Midwifery and Health Studies Dundalk Institute of Technology Dublin Road Dundalk Co Louth Ireland

Background: Severe obesity has increased more than three-fold in prevalence over the past fifteen years in Europe and the United States. Correctly identifying severe obesity permits access to mortality-reducing interventions. We aimed to determine the accuracy of healthcare professionals (HCPs) in recognising severe obesity and the frequency of body mass index (BMI) assessment by HCPs. Methods: We performed two cross-sectional surveys: one of 206 HCPs in Ireland and Canada and another of 515 Irish hospital healthcare records. The first survey evaluated BMI estimation from photographs and the second examined recording of weight and height during outpatient clinic visits. Results: HCPs underestimated the BMI of severely obese people by an average of 22% to 39%. For a patient with a BMI of 52 kg/m2, 35.4% of family physicians appreciated that the patient was severely obese (BMI > 40 kg/m2) compared with 81.0% of endocrinologists. During clinic visits only 18.1% (n = 75), 1% (n = 4) and 0% (n = 0) of patients had their respective weights, heights and BMIs recorded. Conclusions: HCPs frequently fail to recognise severe obesity from photographs and, in our centre, do not routinely record weight or height. Whether patient outcomes can be improved by measuring weight and height during every HCP encounter warrants further study.

关键词： Severe Obesity Body Mass Index Healthcare Professionals

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Body mass index estimation and measurement by healthcare professionals

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Open Journal of Preventive Medicine（预防医学期刊） 2012年第3期

作者： Tomás Ahern Kirsten Doherty Daniel Kapeluto maeve davis Una Mulholland Edwina Rossiter Irene Gilroy Astrid Billfalk-Kelly Patricia FitzPatrick Leslie Daly Cecily Kelleher Donal O'Shea

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