Adherence to nutritional therapy by obese and semorbid patients in an outpatient clinic of Pelotas/RS

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Juliana Bilhalva
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Valle, Sandra Costa, Ramos, Camila Irigonhé
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/37831
• topic: Obesity; Comorbidity; Nutritionists; Adults; Obesidade; Comorbidade; Nutricionistas; Adultos.

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of adherence to nutritional treatment of obese patients with or without comorbidities treated at the Nutrition Outpatient Clinic according to sociodemographic and behavioral factors. Methods: Cross-sectional study from anamnesis performed by the Nutrition Outpatient Clinic of the Faculty of Nutrition (FN) of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel). The collected data were adult patients of both genders, obese with or without presence of comorbidities who had consulted at the Nutrition Outpatient Clinic of FN / UFPel during 2016. Adherence to nutritional treatment was verified through the items: presence in the patient evolution at least one return after the first visit and weight difference between the first and last visit to the nutrition service. The acceptable error was set at 5%. Results: Patients with outpatient-assisted obesity were predominantly sedentary women with less education, over 30 years of age, with comorbidities and significant reduction in body weight. The frequency of adherence to nutritional treatment was 76.8%, with a statistical reduction in body mass index between the first and last consultation. Conclusion: we concluded that patients with obesity treated at the outpatient clinic had good adherence to nutritional treatment, since they had reduced body weight, presence of comorbidities that were not associated with the degree of obesity and currently evaluated sociodemographic factors.