{"id":1496,"date":"2021-07-26T15:36:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T19:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2022-08-30T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:39:14","slug":"elementor-1496","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/2021\/07\/26\/elementor-1496\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Weight Bias and Patient-Physician Communication in the Underutilization of Bariatric Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1496\" class=\"elementor elementor-1496\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62d8d9e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62d8d9e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"356648a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Highlights:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e58727b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e58727b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-686d16a9\" data-id=\"686d16a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45ca4f3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45ca4f3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000\">The underutilization of bariatric surgery is likely multifactorial.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Weight stigma and bias, as well as suboptimal communication between patients and providers are likely barriers to greater usage.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Shared decision making between patients and providers has potential to contribute to increased utilization of bariatric surgery.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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elementor-size-default\">Abstract:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-526b75ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"526b75ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40df1da2\" data-id=\"40df1da2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32b86f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32b86f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A growing body of evidence supports the efficacy and safety of bariatric surgery for clinically severe obesity. Despite this empirical support, bariatric surgery remains profoundly underutilized. The reasons for underutilization are likely multifactorial, including health insurance coverage and benefits design, lack of awareness about bariatric surgery by patients, and anecdotal concerns about safety. We believe there are two other factors \u2013 the occurrence of weight stigma and bias as well as suboptimal communication between patients and providers \u2013 which also serve as barriers to greater utilization. The paper reviews the existing literature related to these two factors. The paper also highlights the science of shared medical decision making (SDM) as a potential strategy to promote appropriate conversation between patients and providers, both surgical and non-surgical, about the efficacy and safety of bariatric surgery. SDM is used in other areas where complex medical decisions are required. We believe it has great potential to contribute to the increased utilization for the millions of individuals who could benefit from bariatric surgery.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d340888 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d340888\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70c81f30\" data-id=\"70c81f30\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2524212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2524212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sarwer DB, Gasoyan H, Bauerle Bass S, Spitzer JC, Soans R, Rubin DJ. Role of weight bias and patient\u2013physician communication in the underutilization of bariatric surgery.\u00a0<i>Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases<\/i>. July 2021;17(11):1926-1932. doi:10.1016\/j.soard.2021.07.013<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View the Article Highlights: The underutilization of bariatric surgery is likely multifactorial.\u00a0 Weight stigma and bias, as well as suboptimal communication between patients and providers&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/2021\/07\/26\/elementor-1496\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Role of Weight Bias and Patient-Physician Communication in the Underutilization of Bariatric Surgery<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":25431,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021-publications","category-publications","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25431"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/turiskcommlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}