Table 3.
Interactions With Providers and Respondent Perception of Provider Behavior
| Question, No. (%) | Body mass index (kg/m2) |
P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.0-29.9 (N=685a) | 30.0-34.9 (N=656a) | 35.0-39.9 (N=498a) | ≥40.0 (N=541a) | ||
| Not including mental health professionals, is there a primary health care provider that you see most often? | .75 | ||||
| Yes | 610 (92.9) | 581 (93.9) | 443 (94.1) | 486 (92.8) | |
| No | 47 (7.1) | 38 (6.1) | 28 (5.9) | 38 (7.2) | |
| In the past, have you and your health care provider ever discussed your weight as a health concern? | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 262 (39.5) | 417 (65.4) | 373 (76.9) | 455 (87.2) | |
| No | 402 (60.5) | 221 (34.6) | 112 (23.1) | 67 (12.8) | |
| Do you believe your primary health care provider should have a role in your weight management? | .01 | ||||
| Yes | 497 (76.2) | 437 (69.3) | 352 (72.7) | 391 (74.8) | |
| No | 54 (8.3) | 45 (7.1) | 31 (6.4) | 25 (4.8) | |
| Not sure | 101 (15.5) | 149 (23.6) | 101 (20.9) | 107 (20.5) | |
| Does your primary health care provider currently have a role in your weight management? | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 113 (17.4) | 138 (21.9) | 125 (25.9) | 154 (29.6) | |
| No | 500 (76.8) | 453 (71.9) | 321 (66.5) | 313 (6.2) | |
| Not sure | 38 (5.8) | 39 (6.2) | 37 (7.7) | 53 (10.2) | |
| Do you believe your primary health care provider has the necessary knowledge and skills to help you manage your weight? | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 426 (65.2) | 360 (57.0) | 270 (55.8) | 278 (53.0) | |
| No | 42 (6.4) | 56 (8.9) | 48 (9.9) | 71 (13.6) | |
| Not sure | 185 (28.3) | 216 (34.2) | 166 (34.3) | 175 (33.4) | |
| Do you believe your primary health care provider is able to spend enough time to give you good weight loss advice? | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 377 (57.9) | 319 (50.4) | 242 (49.9) | 229 (43.9) | |
| No | 108 (16.6) | 141 (22.3) | 123 (25.4) | 156 (29.9) | |
| Not sure | 166 (25.5) | 173 (27.3) | 120 (24.7) | 137 (26.2) | |
| Do you believe you could ask your primary health care provider for weight loss advice? | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 588 (90.2) | 551 (86.9) | 403 (83.1) | 420 (80.5) | |
| No | 29 (4.4) | 37 (5.8) | 34 (7.0) | 50 (9.6) | |
| Not sure | 35 (5.4) | 46 (7.3) | 48 (9.9) | 52 (10.0) | |
| In the last 12 mo, did you ever feel that your primary health care provider judged you because of your weight? | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 15 (2.3) | 30 (4.7) | 47 (9.7) | 63 (12.1) | |
| No | 621 (95.1) | 569 (89.9) | 403 (83.3) | 411 (78.7) | |
| Not sure | 17 (2.6) | 34 (5.4) | 34 (7.0) | 48 (9.2) | |
| In the last 12 mo, how often did you feel that your primary health care provider treated you with respect? | <.001 | ||||
| Never/rarely | 11 (1.7) | 6 (1.0) | 1 (0.2) | 9 (1.7) | |
| Sometimes | 6 (0.9) | 20 (3.1) | 15 (3.1) | 31 (5.9) | |
| Often | 63 (9.7) | 68 (10.7) | 58 (12.1) | 68 (13.0) | |
| Always | 571 (87.7) | 540 (85.2) | 407 (84.6) | 414 (79.3) | |
| In the last 12 mo, how often did your primary health care provider treat you as an equal? | .06 | ||||
| Never/rarely | 19 (2.9) | 23 (3.7) | 18 (3.8) | 27 (5.2) | |
| Sometimes | 26 (4.0) | 32 (5.1) | 30 (6.3) | 37 (7.1) | |
| Often | 106 (16.4) | 106 (16.8) | 80 (16.7) | 105 (20.3) | |
| Always | 496 (76.7) | 469 (74.4) | 350 (73.2) | 349 (67.4) | |
a
Because of missing data, the sum of the response categories for a given characteristic may not equal the total number of respondents.