The Impact of Health Policy on Patients’ Awareness of the Risks Associated with Obesity: An International Multicenter Study in Poland and Germany

References

• World Health Organization. Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS). Available from: https://who.int/health-topics/obesity. Accessed January 12, 2022.
   Google Scholar
• Schienkiewitz A, Mensink GBM, Kuhnert R, Lange C. Overweight and obesity among adults in Germany. J Health Monit. 2017;2:20–27.
   Google Scholar
• OECD. Obesity update; 2017. Available from: http://www.oecd.org/health/obesity–update.htm. Accessed February 23, 2022.
   Google Scholar
• Stepaniak U, Micek A, Waśkiewicz A, et al. Prevalence of general and abdominal obesity and overweight among adults in Poland. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2016;126(9):662–671. doi:10.20452/pamw.3499
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National institute for health and clinical excellence: obesity: the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children, NICE. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg43. Accessed October 14, 2020.
   Google Scholar
• World Health Organisation. Obesity and overweight, World Health Organisation. Available from: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/. Accessed October 14, 2020.
   Google Scholar
• Walsh K, Grech C, Hill K. Health advice and education given to overweight patients by primary care doctors and nurses: a scoping literature review. Prev Med Rep. 2019;14:100812. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.01.016
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sheeran P, Abraham C. The health belief model. In: Conner M, Norman P, editors. Predicting Health Behaviour: Research and Practice with Social Cognition Models. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press; 1996:385.
   Google Scholar
• Mainous AG, Diaz VA, Koopman RJ, Everett CJ. Having a regular physician and attempted weightloss after screening for hypertension or hypercholesterolemia. Int J Obes. 2005;29(2):223–227. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802863
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gorin AA, Phelan S, Hill JO, Wing RR. Medical triggers are associated with better short and long-term weight loss outcomes. Prev Med. 2004;39(3):612–616. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.026
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Winston GJ, Caesar-Phillips E, Peterson JC, et al. Knowledge of the health consequences of obesity among overweight/obese Black and Hispanic adults. Patient Educ Couns. 2014;94(1):123–127. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2013.09.022
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Prochaska JO, Redding CA, Evers KE. The trans theoretical model and stages of change. In: Glanz K, Rimer BK, Lewis FM, editors. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2002:592.
   Google Scholar
• Sisnowski J, Handsleyb E, Streeta JM. Regulatory approaches to obesity prevention: a systematic overview of current laws addressing diet-related risk factors in the European Union and the United States. Health Policy. 2015;119:720–731. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.04.013
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ukudeyeva A, Ramirez LR, Rivera-Castro A, Faiz M, Espejo M, Kanna B. 2460 qualitative study of obesity risk perception, knowledge, and behavior among Hispanic taxi drivers in New York. J Clin Transl Sci. 2018;2:72–73.
   Google Scholar
• Consedine NS, Magai C, Conway F, Neugut AI. Obesity and awareness of obesity as risk factors for breast cancer in six ethnic groups. Obes Res. 2004;12(10):1680–1689. doi:10.1038/oby.2004.208
   Google Scholar
• Taber KS. The use of Cronbach’s alpha when developing and reporting research instruments in science education. Res Sci Educ. 2018;48:1273–1296. doi:10.1007/s11165-016-9602-2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kossakowska MM, Stefaniak TF. Psychometric properties for the Polish version of the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ). Health psychology report. 2017;5(1):67-83.
   Google Scholar
• Valenta S, Geest SD, Fierz K, et al. Perception of late effects among long-term survivors after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Descriptive analysis and validation of the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire. A sub-study of the PROVIVO study. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2017;27:17-27. doi:10.1016/j.ejon.2017.01.003
   Google Scholar
• Broadbent E, Petrie KJ, Main J, Weinman J. The brief illness perception questionnaire. J Psychosom Res. 2006;60(6):631–637. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.10.020
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Swift JA, Glazebrook C, Anness A, Goddard R. Obesity-related knowledge and beliefs in obese adults attending a specialist weight-management service: implications for weight loss over 1 year. Patient Educ Couns. 2009;74(1):70–76. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2008.07.045
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wyleżoł H, Omelańczuk I, Radziszewski M, Kaczmarska–Turek D, Bednarczuk T. An assessment of the knowledge concerning obesity among the adult Polish population — a preliminary study. Forum Zaburzen Metabolicznych. 2017;8(1):36–45.
   Google Scholar
• Hardy OT, Czech MP, Corvera S. What causes the insulin resistance underlying obesity? Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2012;19(2):81–87. doi:10.1097/MED.0b013e3283514e13
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Obirikorang Y, Obirikorang C, Anto EO, et al. Knowledge and lifestyle-associated prevalence of obesity among newly diagnosed type II diabetes mellitus patients attending diabetic clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana: a hospital-based cross-sectional study. J Diabetes Res. 2016;2016:1–10. doi:10.1155/2016/9759241
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Petrovici DA, Ritson C. Factors influencing consumer dietary health preventative behaviours. BMC Public Health. 2006;6(1):222. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-222
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yoo YS, Cho OH, Cha KS. Disease-related knowledge and information needs among inflammatory bowel disease patients in Korea. Gastroenterol Nurs. 2015;38(6):455–463. doi:10.1097/sga.0000000000000063
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Molenaar S, Sprangers MA, Rutgers EJ, et al. Decision support for patients with early-stage breast cancer: effects of an interactive breast cancer CDROM on treatment decision, satisfaction, and quality of life. J Clin Oncol. 2001;19(6):1676–1687. doi:10.1200/jco.2001.19.6.1676
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Casellas F, Fontanet G, Borruel N, et al. The opinion of patients with inflammatory bowel disease on healthcare received. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2004;96(3):174–184. doi:10.4321/s1130-01082004000300003
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Paczkowska A, Hoffmann K, Kus K, et al. Impact of patient knowledge on hypertension treatment adherence and efficacy: a single-centre study in Poland. Int J Med Sci. 2021;18(3):852–860. doi:10.7150/ijms.48139
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Multimodales Therapiekonzept “ObesityBalance”. Available from: https://interdisziplinaeres-adipositaszentrum.charite.de/fuer_patienten/therapie/konservativ/multimodal. Accessed February 23, 2022. German.
   Google Scholar
• Kan K, Tsai WD. Obesity and risk knowledge. J Health Econ. 2004;23(5):907–934. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.12.006
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Swift JA, Sheard C, Rutherford M. Trainee health care professionals’ knowledge of the health risks associated with obesity. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2007;20(6):599–604. doi:10.1111/j.1365-277X.2007.00826.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Department of Health. Care pathway for the management of overweight and obesity; 2006. Available from: http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/13/45/60/04134560.pdf. Accessed February 23, 2022.
   Google Scholar
• Snyder B, Nguyen A, Scarbourough T, Yu S, Wilson E. Comparison of those who succeed in losing significant excessive weight after bariatric surgery and those who fail. Surg Endosc. 2009;23(10):2302–2306. doi:10.1007/s00464-008-0322-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar