Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Obesity and Bariatric Surgery in Chinese Nurses

Background Obesity has become a global epidemic. Surgical treatment of obesity and metabolic disorders in China is increasing rapidly, but it is still a new discipline even to health professionals. As an important member of the multidisciplinary team, the knowledge and attitudes of nurses provide cr...

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Published in:Obesity surgery Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 618 - 629
Main Authors: Fan, Meiling, Hong, Jie, Cheung, Pik Nga, Tang, Shutong, Zhang, Jing, Hu, Songhao, Jiang, Shuwen, Chen, Xiaomei, Yu, Shuqing, Gao, Lilian, Wang, Cunchuan, Chen, Weiju, Yang, Wah
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Bariatric Surgery - nursing
Bariatric Surgery - psychology
China - epidemiology
Comorbidity
Educational Status
Female
Gastrointestinal surgery
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Knowledge
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic disorders
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nurses - statistics & numerical data
Obesity
Obesity - nursing
Obesity - psychology
Obesity - surgery
Obesity, Morbid - nursing
Obesity, Morbid - psychology
Obesity, Morbid - surgery
Original Contributions
Questionnaires
Surgery
Surveys and Questionnaires
Weight control
Weight Loss
Young Adult
China
Obesity
Attitude
Knowledge
Nurses
Bariatric surgery
ISSN:0960-8923, 1708-0428, 1708-0428
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Summary:Background Obesity has become a global epidemic. Surgical treatment of obesity and metabolic disorders in China is increasing rapidly, but it is still a new discipline even to health professionals. As an important member of the multidisciplinary team, the knowledge and attitudes of nurses provide crucial health care to the patients and support to surgeons. Objectives To study the Chinese nurses’ knowledge of obesity and metabolic disorders, and attitudes towards bariatric surgery and to improve their capability of work in this new discipline. Methods This is a multicenter study, with the questionnaire distributed to cooperative hospitals in the form of an electronic questionnaire by the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University in April 2018. A questionnaire was designed to investigate nurses’ demographic, knowledge, and attitude towards obesity, weight loss, and bariatric surgery. Results A total of 5311 questionnaires were received, with an effective rate of 91.8% (4878 questionnaires); 65.2% of nurses had a normal BMI. Nurses generally had a high knowledge of obesity and related cardiovascular diseases (98.6%) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (90.2%). However, there was a lack of knowledge in other related aspects, for example its relations to carcinoma (49.5%), gastroesophageal reflux disease (40.1%), and psychological disorders (49.1%), which are controversial issues in bariatric surgery. It was found that education ( p  < 0.05) had an important influence to nurses’ knowledge about the comorbidities of obesity. Female nurses had a higher tendency to choose weight loss than males, but male nurses did physical exercise more frequently than females ( p  < 0.05). Their acceptance of safety (25.1%) and efficacy (22.9%) of bariatric surgery is low, with concerns predominantly about postoperative complications and adverse effects. Surgical nurses had a more optimistic attitude towards surgery ( p  < 0.05). Conclusions Chinese nurses have poor knowledge of obesity-related metabolic disorders and also have poor acceptance of surgical treatment modalities. Our findings suggest that it is crucial to enhance the continuing education of Chinese nurses for obesity, metabolic disorders, and bariatric surgery.
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ISSN:0960-8923
1708-0428
1708-0428
DOI:10.1007/s11695-019-04173-z