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Patient expectations of obesity treatment-the experience from a day-care unit
Y Linné1, E Hemmingsson, B Adolfsson
1Obesity Unit, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. yvonne.linne@medhs.ki.se
Background:
Unrealistic patient weight loss expectations in treatment of obesity may hamper the modest success which can actually be achieved.
Setting:
Academic Obesity Unit Day Care Centre.
Objective:
Description of weight loss expectations and weight loss concerns by questionnaire analyses.
Results:
Patients were severely obese, with a median initial body mass index (BMI) of 40.7 kg/m(2). Weight loss expectations were generally unrealistic, with women hoping for a loss up to 42%, and men for 29% of their baseline weight (P<0.001). No effects of age on actual weight loss or weight loss expectations were observed.
Conclusion:
Gender differences in weight loss expectations may be important to acknowledge in future development of obesity treatment programmes. Realistic treatment outcome should be described early in a programme to facilitate compliance.