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1. At home and at risk: The experiences of Irish adults living with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Emma Farrell, Eva Hollmann, Carel Le Roux, Joe Nadglowski, and Deirdre McGillicuddy

Subjects
Obesity, COVID-19, Patient experience, Lived experience, Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract

Summary: Background: People living with obesity are at elevated risk of hospitalisation, serious illness and mortality due to COVID-19. Little is known about their experience of living with obesity during the pandemic and its associated stay-at-home orders. This study sought to understand the experiences of people living with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A stratified sample of Irish adults (n = 15) living with obesity engaged in open, phenomenological, interviews and a participatory photovoice methodology to capture both verbal and visual accounts of their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews, conducted throughout 2021, were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. Findings: Two overarching themes were identified. A) The pandemic and associated stay-at-home orders had a positive impact on the health and well-being of some participants; a negative impact on others; and this impact changed over time as the pandemic progressed. B) People living with obesity reported feeling stigmatised and ‘othered’ by their ‘at risk’ categorisation. Public health messaging and public discourse relating to obesity resulted in some people feeling segregated and punished by society. Interpretation: Changes in lifestyle initiated by the pandemic's stay-at-home orders had a varied impact on the health behaviours and outcomes of people with obesity. This variance offers helpful insight into the psychosocial aspects of obesity. Furthermore, the ‘othering’ effect of public health messaging during the pandemic warrants caution in light of the already stigmatised nature of this disease. Funding: This study is part of the SOPHIA project which received funding from the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 875534.

Published
2022
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3. Development of an Assessment Tool for Completion by Patients with Overweight or Obesity

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Nina Kim, T. Michelle Brown, Chakkarin Burudpakdee, Chisom Kanu, Krystene Woodard, Sheri Fehnel, Carrie Morrison, Joe Nadglowski, Karl Nadolsky, and Ronette L. Kolotkin

Subjects
Pharmacology (medical), General Medicine
Abstract

Introduction Discussions of weight-management strategies between patients and healthcare providers can yield positive outcomes for people with overweight or obesity. Nonetheless, people with overweight or obesity encounter communication challenges and other barriers to pursuing effective weight-management strategies with their healthcare providers. The aim of this study was to develop a new self-completed assessment tool to initiate and facilitate conversations related to weight management between patients and healthcare providers. Methods Developing the assessment tool involved a series of steps and draft versions of the tool, based on feedback from key opinion leaders in the field of obesity (N = 4) and input from people with overweight or obesity (N = 18). Three iterative rounds of qualitative interviews were conducted in the USA. A targeted review of prior qualitative research was conducted to identify common and important impacts of obesity on patients’ functioning. Standard qualitative analytical methods were used to identify concepts of importance in a concept elicitation exercise during the interviews and were evaluated for potential inclusion in the tool. Potential problems with the tool were flagged during cognitive debriefing of the draft tool. Results During 18 individual interviews, participants referenced the impact of their weight on their lives, including health and comorbidities, physical function, emotional/mental functioning, social life, and physical appearance. Over the course of the tool’s development, 24 common and important impacts of obesity on patients’ functioning were reduced to a final set of eight concepts in the final tool that were deemed important and relevant to both patients and key opinion leaders. Conclusions The assessment tool is a five-item, self-completed measure expected to foster patient self-advocacy for individuals with overweight or obesity by giving them an opportunity to define their weight-management goals and discuss these, along with various medical interventions, with a healthcare provider.

Published
2022

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