Diabetes stigma and weight stigma among physicians treating type 2 diabetes: Overlapping patterns of bias
Authors' conclusion
Findings highlight the need for stigma reduction interventions for physicians addressing both T2D and obesity. Research assessing the effects of T2D stigma on quality of patient care and health outcomes is needed.
Study context
- Population
- Physicians specializing in internal medicine or endocrinology who treat T2D
- Participants
- 205 physicians
- Outcome
- Physician attitudes towards patients with T2D
Methodological detailsonline questionnaires
- Online questionnaires
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Felt professionally prepared and confident to treat patients with T2D
- 85%
- Reported being repulsed by patients with T2D
- 1/3
- View patients with T2D as lazy
- 39%
- View patients with T2D as lacking motivation
- 44%
- View patients with T2D as non-compliant with treatment
- 44%
- Witnessed professionals in their field making negative comments about patients with T2D
- 44%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Physicians endorsed worse levels of bias towards patients with obesity than T2D, but differences were small
Original publication
Diabetes stigma and weight stigma among physicians treating type 2 diabetes: Overlapping patterns of bias. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 13 July 2023. doi:10.
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