Results
From October 1, 2018, to January 31, 2020, 300 patients were referred
and showed at the one-day-a-week obesity program at a university primary
care clinic (Table 1). At baseline (their first visit), Patients
reported an average age of 48 years, BMI of 39, over 2 of any
comorbidities and 1.8 types of medications, and 85% were female. The
average age of patients who visited the program two or more times was
about 50 years old, which is significantly older than those who visited
only once (age=48) (p=0.03). The former group had about two medications
prescribed (mean=2.2), more than the latter group did (mean=1.2)
(p<0.01). There were other statistical differences in other
characteristics between these two groups.
Table 1 . Characteristics of Patients who attended an obesity
program in a primary care clinic between November 2018 to January 2020
(n=300)