The communication and the relationship between the family doctor and the obese patient in the rural areas

Abstract

Introduction: The obese patient is a person that not only has a health problem, but will develop in the future a series of attitudes which will affect him psychological, leading him to certain behaviour. Purpose and Objectives: The study highlights the importance of a good communication between the family doctor and the rural patient. In the same time, it highlights the efficient relationship between them, so that the therapeutic solutions will be the expected ones, with maximum efficiency. Material and methods: The base of our study is a psychological method, named questionnaire, applied to a sample formed of 10 subjects - family doctors and 50 subjects - patients from the rural environment (60 in total). Results: The processed data relate that a change in strategy is necessary as regarding the approach and communication with the obese patient, rural areas representing here a reference point. Conclusions: Obesity is a serious problem of the modern society. It is important to inform people about this disease and to encourage them to follow a healthy lifestyle. The family doctor is the core of the heath system therefore disease and the environment of origin should not be an impediment in the relationship between the two actors.