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Thaïs Florence D Nogueira1, Mariana Porto Zambon.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To analyze the reasons for non-adherence to follow-up at a specialized outpatient clinic for obese children and adolescents. METHODS Descriptive study of 41 patients, including information from medical records and phone recorded questionnaires which included two open questions and eight closed ones: reason for abandonment, financial and structural difficulties (distance and transport costs), relationship with professionals, obesity evolution, treatment continuity, knowledge of difficulties and obesity complications. RESULTS Among the interviewees, 29.3% reported that adherence to the program spent too much time and it was difficult to adjust consultations to patients' and parents' schedules. Other reasons were: children's(tm)s refusal to follow treatment (29.3%), dissatisfaction with the result (17.0%), treatment in another health service (12.2%), difficulty in schedule return (7.3%) and delay in attendance (4.9%). All denied any relationship problems with professionals. Among the respondents, 85.4% said they are still overweight. They reported hurdles to appropriate nutrition and physical activity (financial difficulty, lack of parents' time, physical limitation and insecure neighborhood). Among the 33 respondents that reported difficulties with obesity, 78.8% had emotional disorders such as bullying, anxiety and irritability; 24.2% presented fatigue, 15.1% had difficulty in dressing up and 15.1% referred pain. The knowledge of the following complications prevailed: cardicac (97.6%), aesthetic (90.2%), psychological (90.2%), presence of obesity in adulthood (90.2%), diabetes (85.4%) and cancer (31.4%). CONCLUSIONS According to the results, it is possible to create weight control public programs that are easier to access, encouraging appropriate nutrition and physical activities in order to achieve obesity prevention.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24142316 PMCID: PMC4182974 DOI: 10.1590/S0103-05822013000300010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Paul Pediatr ISSN: 0103-0582
Characteristics of the 96 patients who abandoned treatment according to whether they were interviewed or not
Reports of the 41 parents about reasons for treatment abandonment
Exploratory questions to determine possible reasons for non-compliance to treatment, answered by the 41 parents in telephone interviews
Caracterização dos 96 pacientes que abandonaram o tratamento de acordo com a realização ou não da entrevista
Relato dos 41 responsáveis sobre as razões para abandono do tratamento
Questões exploratórias para verificar as possíveis razões de abandono do tratamento, respondidas pelos 41 responsáveis nas entrevistas telefônicas