“What Patients Want”: a qualitative study of expectations and ideal clinical encounters in obesity consultations
Authors' conclusion
This study advances current understanding by proposing a patient-defined model for obesity consultations
Study context
- Population
- Adults with BMI ≥ 27 kg/m² and at least one obesity-related complication who had received treatment for obesity
- Participants
- 20 adults
- Outcome
- Themes of the ideal clinical obesity consultation
Methodological detailssemi-structured interviews, purposive sampling, reflexive thematic analysis, inductive coding, Interviews via Zoom, transcribed, anonymized; coding organized using MAXQDA
- Semi-structured interviews
- Purposive sampling
- Reflexive thematic analysis
- Inductive coding
- Interviews via Zoom, transcribed, anonymized; coding organized using MAXQDA
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Five key themes identified
5
Original publication
“What Patients Want”: a qualitative study of expectations and ideal clinical encounters in obesity consultations. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 23 July 2026. doi:10.
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