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- IRMS - Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh
- REVISTE MEDICALE NEINSTITUȚIONALE
- The Moldovan Medical Journal
- The Moldovan Medical Journal
- The Moldovan Medical Journal 2021
- The Moldovan Medical Journal, Vol. 64, No 3, September 2021
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12710/17982
Title: | The knowledge and practices of family doctors in counselling obese patients |
Authors: | Tomacinschii, Angela Lozan, Oleg Ciobanu, Ana |
Keywords: | obesity;primary health care;family doctor |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova |
Citation: | TOMACINSCHII, Angela, LOZAN, Oleg, CIOBANU, Ana. The knowledge and practices of family doctors in counselling obese patients. In: The Moldovan Medical Journal. 2021, vol. 64, no 3, pp. 25-27. ISSN 2537-6381. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52418/moldovan-med-j.64-3.21.04 |
Abstract: | Background: Promoting a healthy lifestyle is one of the basic pieces in the family medicine activity. In order to formulate and / or adjust some approaches
in clinical practice of the family doctor in the Republic of Moldova, it was necessary to analyse the knowledge and practices of the family doctor regarding
the obese patients counselling.
Material and methods: Cross-sectional study was based on primary data collection. The study sample included 316 family doctors. The descriptive
analysis was expressed in absolute values, percentages and standard errors, means and standard deviation of the mean. Statistical significance was
considered to be p <0.05.
Results: Family doctors feel best prepared in counselling patients on stress management (75.9 ± 2.40%), prescribing healthy diets (71.2 ± 2.55%),
prescribing physical activity (71.0 ± 2.55%), cerebrovascular accident (CVA) prevention (68.9 ± 2.60%). They feel less prepared in counselling patients
with regard to weight control (67.5 ± 2.63%).
Conclusions: Managing obesity in primary health care remains indispensably linked with the clinical practices of family doctors. Research has shown
that family doctors are less prepared in counselling patients regarding weight control than regarding other important components of obesity management.
According to the study, it was found that male family doctors, family doctors over the age of 45, those who work in the primary health care providers
located in the rural area, those who have a working experience of over 21 years, and those who serve sectors with a population of up to 1500 people feel
more prepared in counselling obese patients. |
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URI: | http://moldmedjournal.md/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Moldovan-Med-J-vers-6-Sept-2021-V64-No6.pdf https://doi.org/10.52418/moldovan-med-j.64-3.21.04 http://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/17982 |
ISSN: | 2537-6373 2537-6381 |
Appears in Collections: | The Moldovan Medical Journal, Vol. 64, No 3, September 2021
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