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Trial reportThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2020

Brief interventions for obesity when patients are asked to pay for weight loss treatment: an observational study in primary care with an embedded randomised trial.

Kate Tudor, Susan A Jebb, Indrani Manoharan, Paul Aveyard

Open access · bronzeAbstract readObservational StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kate TudorNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford.
Susan A JebbNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford.
Indrani ManoharanNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
Paul AveyardNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford.
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/J000515/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA brief intervention whereby GPs opportunistically facilitate an NHS-funded referral to a weight loss programme is clinically and cost-effective.

aimTo test the acceptability of a brief intervention and attendance at a weight loss programme when GPs facilitate a referral that requires patients to pay for the service. DESIGN AND

settingAn observational study of the effect of a GP encouraging attendance at a weight loss programme requiring self-payment in the West Midlands from 16 October 2018 to 30 November 2018, to compare with a previous trial in England in which the service was NHS-funded.

methodSixty patients with obesity who consecutively attended primary care appointments received an opportunistic brief intervention by a GP to endorse and offer a referral to a weight loss programme at the patient's own expense. Participants were randomised to GPs who either stated the weekly monetary cost of the programme (basic cost) or who compared the weekly cost to an everyday discretionary item (cost comparison). Participants were subsequently asked to report whether they had attended a weight loss programme.

resultsOverall, 47% of participants (

conclusionGP referral to a weight loss programme that requires patients to pay rather than offering an NHS-funded programme is acceptable; however, it results in almost no attendance.

Indexed as

Crisis InterventionWeight LossCost-Benefit AnalysisEnglandHumansObesityPrimary Health Carebehaviour changefundinggeneral practiceobesity preventionprimary care

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PMID32094219
PMCPMC7041639
OpenAlexW3008700202

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