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   What words should we use when discussing excess weight?  
   
نویسنده dutton g.r. ,tan f. ,perri m.g. ,stine c.c. ,dancer-brown m. ,goble m. ,van vessem n.
منبع journal of the american board of family medicine - 2010 - دوره : 23 - شماره : 5 - صفحه:606 -613
چکیده    Background: there is limited research on how patients prefer physicians to communicate about the topic of obesity,and there is even less understanding of which terms physicians most commonly use. methods: in this cross-sectional,nonrandom sampling study,patients who were seeking treatment for weight loss rated the desirability of 12 terms to describe excess weight,and physicians rated the likelihood with which they would use those terms during clinical encounters. participants rated terms on a 5-point scale,with -2 representing very undesirable or definitely would not use and +2 representing very desirable or definitely would use. results: patients (n = 143; mean age,46.8 years; mean body mass index,36.9 kg/m2) rated weight (mean ± sd) as the most desirable term (1.13 ± 1.10),although it did not significantly differ from 5 other terms provided. they rated fatness (-1.30 ± 1.22) as the most undesirable term,although this rating did not differ significantly from 4 other terms. physicians affiliated with a community-based medical school (n = 108; mean age,48.8 years; 79.6% primary care specialty) were most likely to use weight (1.42 ± 0.89),which was significantly different from ratings for all other terms. they were least likely to use fatness (-1.74 ± 0.59),although this rating did not differ significantly from 3 other terms. conclusion: physicians generally reported that they use terminology that patients had rated more favorably,and they tend to avoid terms that patients may find undesirable. understanding the preferences and terminology used by patients and physicians is an important initial step to ensure that communications related to obesity and weight loss are efficient and effective.
کلیدواژه Communication; Medical terminology; Obesity; Physician-Patient relations; Primary health care
آدرس florida state university college of medicine,department of medical humanities and social sciences,1115 w. call st.,tallahassee,fl 32306, United States, florida agricultural and mechanical university,tallahassee,fl, United States, university of florida,gainesville,fl, United States, florida state university college of medicine,department of medical humanities and social sciences,1115 w. call st.,tallahassee,fl 32306, United States, capital health plan,tallahassee,fl, United States, capital health plan,tallahassee,fl, United States, capital health plan,tallahassee,fl, United States
 
     
   
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