Table A3.
Attitudes.a
| Nurse |
Primary Care Provider |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Missing | P b | |
| More irritated treating obese patients | 6 (4.4) | 32 (23.4) | 99 (72.3) | 5 (6.3) | 18 (22.5) | 57 (71.3) | 2 | .82 |
| Disgust when treating obese patients | 2 (1.5) | 29 (21.2) | 106 (77.4) | 0 (0) | 11 (13.6) | 70 (86.4) | 1 | .10 |
| Difficult to feel empathy for obese patients | 8 (5.8) | 23 (16.8) | 106 (77.4) | 4 (4.9) | 12 (14.8) | 65 (80.3) | 1 | .62 |
| Obese patients lack motivation for lifestyle changes | 10 (7.3) | 34 (24.8) | 93 (67.9) | 14 (17.3) | 19 (23.5) | 48 (59.3) | 1 | .10 |
| Healthier to be underweight than overweight | 12 (8.8) | 30 (21.9) | 95 (69.3) | 8 (9.8) | 26 (31.7) | 48 (58.5) | 0 | .14 |
| Dislike treating obese patients | 5 (3.7) | 34 (24.8) | 98 (71.5) | 4 (4.9) | 23 (28.4) | 54 (66.7) | 1 | .44 |
| Treating obese patients is rewarding | 39 (28.9) | 87 (64.4) | 9 (6.7) | 35 (44.3) | 37 (46.8) | 7 (8.9) | 5 | .08 |
a
Values are given as number (%).
b
Wilcoxon rank-sum test.