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Knowledge of energy balance guidelines and associated clinical care practices: The U.S. National Survey of Energy Balance Related Care among Primary Care Physicians
- Source :
- Preventive Medicine. 55:28-33
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- Objective To assess primary care physicians' (PCPs) knowledge of energy balance related guidelines and the association with sociodemographic characteristics and clinical care practices. Method As part of the 2008 U.S. nationally representative National Survey of Energy Balance Related Care among Primary Care Physicians (EB-PCP), 1776 PCPs from four specialties who treated adults ( n = 1060) or children and adolescents ( n = 716) completed surveys on sociodemographic information, knowledge of energy balance guidelines, and clinical care practices. Results EB-PCP response rate was 64.5%. For PCPs treating children, knowledge of guidelines for healthy BMI percentile, physical activity, and fruit and vegetables intake was 36.5%, 27.0%, and 62.9%, respectively. For PCPs treating adults, knowledge of guidelines for overweight, obesity, physical activity, and fruit and vegetables intake was 81.4%, 81.3%, 70.9%, and 63.5%, respectively. Generally, younger, female physicians were more likely to exhibit correct knowledge. Knowledge of weight-related guidelines was associated with assessment of body mass index (BMI) and use of BMI-for-age growth charts. Conclusion Knowledge of energy balance guidelines among PCPs treating children is low, among PCPs treating adults it appeared high for overweight and obesity-related clinical guidelines and moderate for physical activity and diet, and was mostly unrelated to clinical practices among all PCPs.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Primary care
Overweight
Article
Body Mass Index
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
medicine
Humans
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Sex Distribution
Clinical care
Child
Exercise
Aged
Preventive healthcare
Response rate (survey)
Primary Health Care
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Physicians, Family
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Obesity
United States
Diet
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Socioeconomic Factors
Health Care Surveys
Family medicine
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Female
medicine.symptom
Energy Intake
business
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00917435
- Volume :
- 55
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Preventive Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fa35a3dafe1745b9097b0178c013930a
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.05.005