ArticleObesity surgery2013
Attitudes towards bariatric surgery in the general public.
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- Influence of Body Mass Index and Gender on Stigmatization of Obesity.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Public perception of bariatric surgery.Saudi medical journal · 2019Article
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- [Referral behavior of general physicians for patients with obesity].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2018Review
- General Practitioners and Bariatric Surgery in France: Are They Ready to Face the Challenge?Obesity surgery · 2018Article
- Changes in Attitudes Towards Bariatric Surgery After 5 Years in the German General Public.Obesity surgery · 2017Article
- Stigma and Knowledge as Determinants of Recommendation and Referral Behavior of General Practitioners and Internists.Obesity surgery · 2016Article
- Knowledge and Perception of Bariatric Surgery Among Primary Care Physicians: a Survey of Family Doctors in Ontario.Obesity surgery · 2016Article
- The influence of an individual's weight perception on the acceptance of bariatric surgery.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2015Article
- Long-term outcomes of bariatric surgery: a National Institutes of Health symposium.JAMA surgery · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundPrevalence rates of obesity are still rising. Weight loss surgery (WLS) is the most invasive but also most effective treatment option when behavioral modification has failed. Research indicates that health care professionals hold ambivalent views on bariatric surgery, while views of the general public have not yet been investigated.
methodsIn a German representative sample of n = 3,003 respondents in a computer-assisted telephone interview, n = 1,008 persons were interviewed on their views of the effectiveness of bariatric surgery and other interventions for obesity. Also, willingness to recommend a treatment was assessed.
resultsLifestyle-based interventions were viewed as most effective in terms of weight loss. About 50 % of the population stated that WLS is "very effective" while still a quarter of respondents did not ascribe effectiveness to WLS. Higher age was associated with lower expectations of effectiveness while higher stigmatizing attitudes and genetic attributes for obesity were associated with higher expectations of effectiveness. Seventy-two percent would not recommend WLS or undergo it, if applicable, themselves. Higher educated respondents and those that viewed WLS as effective were more likely to recommend WLS.
conclusionsThe German general public seems to be rather cautious regarding bariatric surgery. It may be assumed that false beliefs on the effectiveness and risk patterns of bariatric surgery are still very common, despite rising surgery numbers. Our results further emphasize the need for providing evidence-based information on bariatric surgery to the general public.
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