ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2019
Geographic Variation in Obesity, Behavioral Treatment, and Bariatric Surgery for Veterans.
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- The TOTAL trial for weight management participation: A randomized controlled trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
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- Shared Decision-Making in the Surgical Sciences.JAMA surgery · 2023Article
- Obesity treatment initiation, retention, and outcomes in the Veterans Affairs MOVE! Program among rural and urban veterans.Obesity science & practice · 2022Article
- Geographic variation in attitudes regarding management of locally advanced pancreatic cancer.Surgery open science · 2022Article
- Continuous quality improvement at the frontline: One interdisciplinary clinical team's four-year journey after completing a virtual learning program.Learning health systems · 2022Article
- Individual-level barriers to bariatric surgery from patient and provider perspectives: A qualitative study.American journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Substance use disorders and COVID-19: An analysis of nation-wide Veterans Health Administration electronic health records.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Protocol and short-term results for a feasibility randomized controlled trial of a video intervention for Veterans with obesity: The TOTAL (Teaching Obesity Treatment Options to Adult Learners) pilot study.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2021Article
- Outcomes of Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: Analysis of the Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2021Article
- Effects of Intervention Characteristics on Willingness to Initiate a Weight Gain Prevention Program.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2020Article
- Positive and Negative Independent Predictive Factors of Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery in a Veteran Population.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to describe geographic variation in veterans' prevalence of obesity, participation in Veterans Health Administration's behavioral weight management program (MOVE!), and receipt of bariatric surgery in fiscal year (FY) 2016.
methodsIn this retrospective cohort study of veterans with obesity who received Veterans Health Administration care in FY2016, electronic health record data were obtained on weight, height, outpatient visits to the MOVE! program, and bariatric surgeries. For each Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) region, the prevalence rate of veterans with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m
resultsThe prevalence of obesity in veterans ranged from 30.5% to 40.5% across VISNs in FY2016. MOVE! participation among veterans with obesity was low (2.8%-6.9%) across all VISNs, but veterans with class II and III obesity (BMI ≥ 35) had higher MOVE! participation rates (4.3%-10.8%) than veterans with class I obesity. There was 20-fold variation across VISNs in receipt of bariatric surgery among veterans with BMI ≥ 35, ranging from 0.01% to 0.2%. Among veterans with BMI ≥ 35 participating in MOVE!, there was 46-fold variation in bariatric surgery provision, ranging from 0.07% to 3.27%.
conclusionsDespite veterans' high prevalence of obesity, behavioral and surgical weight management participation is low and varies across regions.
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