Weight-biased attitudes about pediatric patients with obesity in Dutch healthcare professionals from seven different professions ...

Little is known about the prevalence of negative weight-biased attitudes among Dutch healthcare professionals (HCPs) when treating children and adolescents with obesity and whether interdisciplinary differences are present. Accordingly, we asked Dutch HCPs that treat pediatric patients with obesity to complete a validated 22-item self-report questionnaire about their weight-biased attitudes. In total, 555 HCPs participated from seven different disciplines: 41 general practitioners (GPs), 40 pediatricians, 132 youth healthcare physicians, 223 youth healthcare nurses, 40 physiotherapists, 40 die... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van der Voorn, Bibian
Camfferman, Roxanna
Seidell, Jacob C
Puhl, Rebecca M
Halberstadt, Jutka
Dokumenttyp: Datenquelle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Verlag/Hrsg.: SAGE Journals
Schlagwörter: 111708 Health and Community Services / FOS: Health sciences / 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified / 111403 Paediatrics / FOS: Clinical medicine
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28980047
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.6452264

Little is known about the prevalence of negative weight-biased attitudes among Dutch healthcare professionals (HCPs) when treating children and adolescents with obesity and whether interdisciplinary differences are present. Accordingly, we asked Dutch HCPs that treat pediatric patients with obesity to complete a validated 22-item self-report questionnaire about their weight-biased attitudes. In total, 555 HCPs participated from seven different disciplines: 41 general practitioners (GPs), 40 pediatricians, 132 youth healthcare physicians, 223 youth healthcare nurses, 40 physiotherapists, 40 dieticians, and 39 mental health professionals. HCPs from all disciplines reported to experience negative weight-biased attitudes among themselves. Pediatricians and GPs scored highest on negative weight-biased attitudes, including frustrations in treating children with obesity, and feeling less confident and prepared to treat children with obesity. Dieticians scored the least negative weight-biased attitudes. Participants ...