No medication prescription and residential distance from the hospital are important factors associated with nonsurgical weight-loss treatment discontinuance in Japanese patients with high-degree obesity: a retrospective study
No medication prescription and longer residential distance from the hospital were associated with treatment dropout in Japanese patients with high-degree obesity; therefore, the addition of antiobesity medications and telemedicine may be necessary to prevent treatment discontinuation in such patients.
Authors
- Shuhei Yamaoka
- Ichiro Tatsuno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7200-7952)
- Naoyuki Kawagoe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8644-8583)
- Kazuki Abe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5308-4859)
- Yasuhiro Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9614-162X)
- Daiji Nagayama
- Masahiro Ohira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1935-6125)
- Rena Oka
- Shoko Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9424-8773)
- Shou Tanaka
- Atsuhito Saiki
- Takashi Yamaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0464-4674)
- Sayaka Tsuji
Institutions
- Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences (JP)
- Toho University (JP)
- Toho University Ohashi Medical Center (JP)
- Okayama Psychiatric Medical Center (JP)
- Toho University Medical Center Sakura Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11474-2
- Primary Topic
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00