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Abella MKIL, Angeles JPM, Finlay AK, Amanatullah DF. Is Operative Time Associated With Obesity-related Outcomes in TKA? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2024; 482:801-809. [PMID: 37820225 PMCID: PMC11008657 DOI: 10.1097/corr.0000000000002888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Obesity-based cutoffs in TKA are premised on higher rates of postoperative complications. However, operative time may be associated with postoperative complications, leading to an unnecessary restriction of TKA in patients with obesity. If operative time is associated with these obesity-related outcomes, it should be accounted for in order to ensure all measurable factors associated with negative outcomes are examined for patients with obesity after TKA. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES We asked: (1) Is operative time, controlling for BMI class, associated with readmission, reoperation, and postoperative major and minor complications? (2) Is operative time associated with a difference in the direction or strength of obesity-related adverse outcomes? METHODS In this comparative study, we extracted all records on elective, unilateral TKA between January 2014 and December 2020 in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database, resulting in an initial sample of 394,381 TKAs. Patients with emergency procedures (0.1% [270]) and simultaneous bilateral TKAs (2% [8736]), missing or null data (1% [4834]), and those with operative times less than 25 minutes (0.1% [548]) were excluded, leaving 96% (379,993) of our original sample size. The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was selected because of its inclusion of operative time, which is not found in any other national database. BMI was subdivided into underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m 2 , < 1% [719]), normal weight (BMI 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m 2 , 9% [34,513]), overweight (BMI 25.0 to 29.9 kg/m 2 , 27% [101,538]), Class I obesity (BMI 30.0 to 34.9 kg/m 2 , 29% [111,712]), Class II obesity (BMI 35.0 to 39.9 kg/m 2 , 20% [76,605]), and Class III obesity (BMI ≥ 40.0 kg/m 2 , 14% [54,906]). The mean operative time was 91 ± 36 minutes, 61% of patients were women (233,062 of 379,993), and the mean age was 67 ± 9 years. Patients with obesity tended to be younger and more likely to have preoperative comorbidities and longer operative times than patients with normal weight. Multivariable logistic regression models examined the main effects of operative time with respect to 30-day readmission, reoperation, and major and minor medical complications, while adjusting for BMI class and other covariates including age, sex, race, smoking status, and number of preoperative comorbidities. We then evaluated the potential interaction effect of BMI class and operative time. This interaction term helps determine whether the association of BMI with postoperative outcomes changes based on the duration of the surgery, and vice versa. If the interaction term is statistically significant, it implies the association of BMI with adverse postoperative outcomes is inconsistent across all patients. Instead, it varies with the operative time. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated, and interaction effects were plotted. RESULTS After controlling for obesity, longer procedure duration was independently associated with higher odds of all outcomes (30-minute estimates; adjusted ORs are per minute), including readmission (9% per half-hour of surgical duration; adjusted OR 1.003 [95% CI 1.003 to 1.004]; p < 0.001), reoperation (15% per half-hour of surgical duration; adjusted OR 1.005 [95% CI 1.004 to 1.005]; p < 0.001), postoperative major complications (9% per half-hour of surgical duration; adjusted OR 1.003 [95% CI 1.003 to 1.004]; p < 0.001), and postoperative minor complications (18% per half-hour of surgical duration; adjusted OR 1.006 [95% CI 1.006 to 1.007]; p < 0.001). The interaction effect indicates that patients with obesity had lower odds of reoperation than patients with normal weight when operative times were shorter, but higher odds of reoperation with a longer operative duration. CONCLUSION We found that operative time, a proxy for surgical complexity, had a moderate, differential association with obesity over a 30-minute period. Perioperative modification of surgical complexity such as surgical techniques, training, and team dynamics may make safe TKA possible for certain patients who might have otherwise been denied surgery. Decisions to refuse TKA to patients with obesity should be based on a holistic assessment of a patient's operative complexity, rather than strictly assessing a patient's weight or their ability to lose weight. Future studies should assess patient-specific characteristics that are associated with operative time, which can further push the development of techniques and strategies that reduce surgical complexity and improve TKA outcomes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level III, therapeutic study.
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- Maveric K. I. L. Abella
- Stanford University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford, CA, USA
- University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Stanford University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford, CA, USA
- Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Fairborn, OH, USA
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- Stanford University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford, CA, USA
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Griffin SB, Palmer MA, Strodl E, Lai R, Guo C, Chuah TL, Burstow MJ, Ross LJ. Impact of a dietitian-led very low calorie diet clinic on perioperative risk for patients with obesity awaiting elective, non-bariatric surgery: A retrospective cohort study. Surgery 2024; 175:463-470. [PMID: 37953146 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.09.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite a lack of evidence that intentional weight loss reduces the risk of postoperative complications, adults with obesity are commonly asked to lose weight before elective surgery. We hypothesized that patients undertaking dietitian-led preoperative, very low calorie diet treatment could reduce perioperative surgery risks, as per validated risk scoring systems. The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of a dietitian-led preoperative very low calorie diet clinic on the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status scores and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk Calculator scores for patients with obesity awaiting non-bariatric elective surgery. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included patients referred to the preoperative dietitian-led very low calorie diet clinic before elective surgical procedures over a 2-year-9-month period. The dietitian prescribed individualized, very low calorie diet-based treatment. Primary outcomes were changes in the American Society of Anesthesiologists and Surgical Risk Calculator scores from pretreatment until surgery. RESULTS A total of 141 eligible participants (48 ± 13.4 years, 76% women, body mass index 41.7 ± 6.3 kg/m2) demonstrated clinically significant weight loss (mean 7.1 ± 6.1kg, 5.2% body weight, P < .001). Median treatment duration was 13 weeks (interquartile range 6.2-19.2 weeks). Five participants (3.5%) avoided surgery due to weight loss-related improvements in their condition. American Society of Anesthesiologists scores improved for 16% (n = 22/141) of participants. Overall, the median surgical risk calculator estimated risk of 'serious' and 'any' postoperative complication reduced from 4.8% to 3.9% (P < .001) and 6% to 5.1% (P < .001), respectively. Reduction in all Surgical Risk Calculator scores occurred, including surgical site infection, re-admission, and cardiac events (P < .05). CONCLUSION The dietitian-led preoperative, very low calorie diet clinic improved American Society of Anesthesiologists and Surgical Risk Calculator scores for non-bariatric elective surgery patients with obesity. Randomized controlled trials comparing this approach with a control group are warranted.
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- Sally B Griffin
- Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Logan Hospital, Queensland, Australia; School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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- Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Logan Hospital, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Logan Hospital, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Surgical and Critical Care Services, Logan Hospital, Queensland, Australia; Department of Surgery, Mater Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Mayne Academy of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Surgical and Critical Care Services, Logan Hospital, Queensland, Australia; School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Albertsen A. Discrimination Based on Personal Responsibility: Luck Egalitarianism and Healthcare Priority Setting. Camb Q Healthc Ethics 2024; 33:23-34. [PMID: 37646187 DOI: 10.1017/s0963180123000415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Luck egalitarianism is a responsibility-sensitive theory of distributive justice. Its application to health and healthcare is controversial. This article addresses a novel critique of luck egalitarianism, namely, that it wrongfully discriminates against those responsible for their health disadvantage when allocating scarce healthcare resources. The philosophical literature about discrimination offers two primary reasons for what makes discrimination wrong (when it is): harm and disrespect. These two approaches are employed to analyze whether luck egalitarian healthcare prioritization should be considered wrongful discrimination. Regarding harm, it is very plausible to consider the policies harmful but much less reasonable to consider those responsible for their health disadvantages a socially salient group. Drawing on the disrespect literature, where social salience is typically not required for something to be discrimination, the policies are a form of discrimination. They are, however, not disrespectful. The upshot of this first assessment of the discrimination objection to luck egalitarianism in health is, thus, that it fails.
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- Andreas Albertsen
- Centre for the Experimental-Philosophical Study of Discrimination, Department of Political Science, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Bouloussa H, Mirza M, Ansley B, Jilakara B, Yue JJ. Implant Surface Technologies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Spine Surgery. Int J Spine Surg 2023; 17:S75-S85. [PMID: 38135445 PMCID: PMC10753351 DOI: 10.14444/8563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Spine surgeries are occurring more frequently worldwide. Spinal implant infections are one of the most common complications of spine surgery, with a rate of 0.7% to 11.9%. These implant-related infections are a consequence of surface polymicrobial biofilm formation. New technologies to combat implant-related infections are being developed as their burden increases; however, none have reached the market stage in spine surgery. Conferring antimicrobial properties to biomaterials relies on either surface coating (physical, chemical, or combined) or surface modification (physical, chemical, or combined). Such treatment can also result in toxicity and the progression of antimicrobial resistance. This narrative review will discuss "late-stage" antimicrobial technologies (mostly validated in vivo) that use these techniques and may be incorporated onto spine implants to decrease the burden of implant-related health care-acquired infections (HAIs). Successfully reducing this burden will greatly improve the quality of life in spine surgery. Familiarity with upcoming surface technologies will help spine surgeons understand the anti-infective strategies designed to address the rapidly worsening challenge of implant-related health care-acquired infections.
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- Houssam Bouloussa
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- CT Orthopaedic Specialists, Hamden, CT, USA
- Department of Surgery, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, USA
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Kelly J, Menon V, O'Neill F, Elliot L, Combe E, Drinkwater W, Abbott S, Hayee B. UK cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty versus lifestyle modification alone for adults with class II obesity. Int J Obes (Lond) 2023; 47:1161-1170. [PMID: 37674032 PMCID: PMC10599990 DOI: 10.1038/s41366-023-01374-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a minimally invasive procedure that has been demonstrated in the MERIT randomised, controlled trial to result in substantial and durable additional weight loss in adults with obesity compared with lifestyle modification (LM) alone. We sought to conduct the first cost-effectiveness analysis of ESG versus LM alone in adults with class II obesity (BMI 35.0-39.9 kg/m2) from a national healthcare system perspective in England based on results from this study. METHODS A 6-state Markov model was developed comprising 5 BMI-based health states and an absorbing death state. Baseline characteristics, utilities, and transition probabilities were informed by patient-level data from the subset of patients with class II obesity in MERIT. Adverse events (AEs) were based on the MERIT safety population. Mortality was estimated by applying BMI-specific hazard ratios from the published literature to UK general population mortality rates. Utilities for the healthy weight and overweight health states were informed from the literature; disutility associated with increasing BMI in the class I-III obesity health states was estimated using MERIT utility data. Disutility due to AEs and the prevalence of obesity-related comorbidities were based on the literature. Costs included intervention costs, AE costs, and comorbidity costs. RESULTS ESG resulted in higher overall costs than LM alone but led to an increase in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for ESG vs LM alone was £2453/QALY gained. ESG was consistently cost effective across a wide range of sensitivity analyses, with no ICER estimate exceeding £10,000/QALY gained. In probabilistic sensitivity analysis, the mean ICER was £2502/QALY gained and ESG remained cost effective in 98.25% of iterations at a willingness-to-pay threshold of £20,000/QALY. CONCLUSION Our study indicates that ESG is highly cost effective versus LM alone for the treatment of adults with class II obesity in England.
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- Jamie Kelly
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
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- University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, Coventry, UK
- University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, Coventry, UK
- Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
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Abella MKIL, Angeles JPM, Finlay AK, Amanatullah DF. Does Operative Time Modify Obesity-related Outcomes in THA? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2023; 481:1917-1925. [PMID: 37083564 PMCID: PMC10499082 DOI: 10.1097/corr.0000000000002659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Most orthopaedic surgeons refuse to perform arthroplasty on patients with morbid obesity, citing the higher rate of postoperative complications. However, that recommendation does not account for the relationship of operative time (which is often longer in patients with obesity) to obesity-related arthroplasty outcomes, such as readmission, reoperation, and postoperative complications. If operative time is associated with these obesity-related outcomes, it should be accounted for and addressed to properly assess the risk of patients with obesity undergoing THA. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES We therefore asked: (1) Is the increased risk seen in overweight and obese patients, compared with patients in a normal BMI class, associated with increased operative time? (2) Is increased operative time independent of BMI class a risk factor for readmission, reoperation, and postoperative medical complications? (3) Does operative time modify the direction or strength of obesity-related adverse outcomes? METHODS This retrospective, comparative study examined 247,108 patients who underwent THA between January 2014 and December 2020 in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP). Of those, emergency cases (1% [2404]), bilateral procedures (1% [1605]), missing and/or null data (1% [3280]), extreme BMI and operative time outliers (1% [2032]), and patients with comorbidities that are not typical of an elective procedure, such as disseminated cancer, open wounds, sepsis, and ventilator dependence (1% [2726]), were excluded, leaving 95% (235,061) of elective, unilateral THA cases for analysis. The NSQIP was selected due to its inclusion of operative time, which is not found in any other national database. BMI was subdivided into underweight, normal weight, overweight, Class I obesity, Class II obesity, and Class III obesity. Of the patients with a normal weight, 69% (30,932 of 44,556) were female and 36% (16,032 of 44,556) had at least one comorbidity, with a mean operative time of 86 ± 32 minutes and a mean age of 68 ± 12 years. Patients with obesity tend to be younger, male, more likely to have preoperative comorbidities, with longer operative times. Multivariable logistic regression models examined the effects of obesity on 30-day readmission, reoperation, and medical complications, while adjusting for age, sex, race, smoking status, and number of preoperative comorbidities. After we repeated this analysis after adjusting for operative time, an interaction model was conducted to test whether operative time changes the direction or strength of the association of BMI class and adverse outcomes. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated, and the interaction effects were plotted. RESULTS A comparison of patients with Class III obesity to patients with normal weight showed that the odds of readmission went from 45% (AOR 1.45 [95% CI 1.32 to 1.59]; p < 0.001) to 27% after adjusting for operative time (AOR 1.27 [95% CI 1.01 to 1.62]; p = 0.04), the odds of reoperation went from 93% (AOR 1.93 [95% CI 1.72 to 2.17]; p < 0.001) to 81% after adjusting for operative time (AOR 1.81 [95% CI 1.61 to 2.04]; p < 0.001), and the odds of a postoperative complication went from 96% (AOR 1.96 [95% CI 1.58 to 2.43]; p < 0.001) to 84% after adjusting for operative time (AOR 1.84 [95% CI 1.48 to 2.28]; p < 0.001). Each 15-minute increase in operative time was associated with a 7% increase in the odds of a readmission (AOR 1.07 [95% CI 1.06 to 1.08]; p < 0.001), a 10% increase in the odds of a reoperation (AOR 1.10 [95% CI 1.09 to 1.12]; p < 0.001), and 10% increase in the odds of a postoperative complication (AOR 1.10 [95% CI 1.08 to 1.13]; p < 0.001). There was a positive interaction effect of operative time and BMI for readmission and reoperation, which suggests that longer operations accentuate the risk that patients with obesity have for readmission and reoperation. CONCLUSION Operative time is likely a proxy for surgical complexity and contributes modestly to the adverse outcomes previously attributed to obesity alone. Hence, focusing on modulating the accentuated risk associated with lengthened operative times rather than obesity is imperative to increasing the accessibility and safety of THA. Surgeons may do this with specific surgical techniques, training, and practice. Future studies looking at THA outcomes related to obesity should consider the association with operative time to focus on independent associations with obesity to facilitate more equitable access. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level III, therapeutic study.
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- Maveric K. I. L. Abella
- Stanford University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford, CA, USA
- University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Stanford University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford, CA, USA
- Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Fairborn, OH, USA
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- Stanford University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford, CA, USA
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McLaughlin J, Kipping R, Owen-Smith A, McLeod H, Hawley S, Wilkinson JM, Judge A. What effect have commissioners' policies for body mass index had on hip replacement surgery?: an interrupted time series analysis from the National Joint Registry for England. BMC Med 2023; 21:202. [PMID: 37308999 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02899-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite their widespread use, the impact of commissioners' policies for body mass index (BMI) for access to elective surgery is not clear. Policy use varies by locality, and there are concerns that these policies may worsen health inequalities. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of policies for BMI on access to hip replacement surgery in England. METHODS A natural experimental study using interrupted time series and difference-in-differences analysis. We used National Joint Registry data for 480,364 patients who had primary hip replacement surgery in England between January 2009 and December 2019. Clinical commissioning group policies introduced before June 2018 to alter access to hip replacement for patients with overweight or obesity were considered the intervention. The main outcome measures were rate of surgery and patient demographics (BMI, index of multiple deprivation, independently funded surgery) over time. RESULTS Commissioning localities which introduced a policy had higher surgery rates at baseline than those which did not. Rates of surgery fell after policy introduction, whereas rates rose in localities with no policy. 'Strict' policies mandating a BMI threshold for access to surgery were associated with the sharpest fall in rates (trend change of - 1.39 operations per 100,000 population aged 40 + per quarter-year, 95% confidence interval - 1.81 to - 0.97, P < 0.001). Localities with BMI policies have higher proportions of independently funded surgery and more affluent patients receiving surgery, indicating increasing health inequalities. Policies enforcing extra waiting time before surgery were associated with worsening mean pre-operative symptom scores and rising obesity. CONCLUSIONS Commissioners and policymakers should be aware of the counterproductive effects of BMI policies on patient outcomes and inequalities. We recommend that BMI policies involving extra waiting time or mandatory BMI thresholds are no longer used to reduce access to hip replacement surgery.
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- Joanna McLaughlin
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Learning and Research Building, Level 1, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK.
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, BS1 2NT, UK
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Learning and Research Building, Level 1, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Sheffield, Metabolic Bone Unit, Sorby Wing, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Learning and Research Building, Level 1, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Teixeira CP, Spears R, Iyer A, Leach CW. Qualified support for normative vs. non-normative protest: Less invested members of advantaged groups are most supportive when the protest fits the opportunity for status improvement. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Renold C, Deferm NP, Hauser R, Gerber P, Bueter M, Thalheimer A, Gero D. The Effect of a Multifaceted Intervention Including Classroom Education and Bariatric Weight Suit Use on Medical Students' Attitudes toward Patients with Obesity. Obes Facts 2023; 16:381-391. [PMID: 36977399 PMCID: PMC10427925 DOI: 10.1159/000530405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Weight bias refers to negative attitudes toward individuals because of their weight. Evidence-based strategies to successfully reduce weight bias in medical students are lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a multifaceted intervention on medical students' attitudes toward patients with obesity. METHODS Third and fourth year medical students (n = 79), who enrolled in an 8-week graduate course focusing on the various epidemiologic, physiological, and clinical aspects of obesity, including a gamification task with bariatric weight suits (BWSs), were asked to complete the Nutrition, Exercise and Weight Management (NEW) Attitudes Scale questionnaire pre- and post-course. The inclusion period was between September 2018 and June 2021 and covered 4 consecutive groups of students. RESULTS The overall NEW Attitudes Scale scores did not change significantly pre- versus post-intervention (pre-course: 19.59, post-course: 24.21, p value = 0.24). However, the subgroup of 4th year medical students showed a significant improvement in their attitudes (pre-course: 16.4, post-course: 26.16, p value = 0.02). The Thurstone rating of 9 out of 31 individual survey items changed significantly from pre- to post-course with a moderate strength (Cramer's V >0.2), including 5 items showing weight bias reduction. The disagreement with the statement "overweight/obese individuals lack willpower" increased from 37 to 68%. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that in medical students with a low level of weight bias at baseline, a semester course on obesity combined with BWS use affects only a limited number of items of the NEW Attitudes Scale questionnaire. The sensitization of medical students to weight stigma has the potential to improve quality of healthcare for patients with obesity.
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- Carlo Renold
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Surgery, Männedorf Hospital, Männedorf, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Surgery, Männedorf Hospital, Männedorf, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland,
- Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland,
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McLaughlin J, Elsey J, Kipping R, Owen-Smith A, Judge A, McLeod H. Access to hip and knee arthroplasty in England: commissioners' policies for body mass index and smoking status and implications for integrated care systems. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:77. [PMID: 36694173 PMCID: PMC9875525 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08999-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Commissioning policies are in place in England that alter access to hip and knee arthroplasty based on patients' body mass index and smoking status. Our objectives were to ascertain the prevalence, trend and nature of these policies, and consider the implications for new integrated care systems (ICSs). METHODS Policy data were obtained from an internet search for all current and historic clinical commissioning group (CCG) hip and knee arthroplasty policies and use of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to each CCG. Descriptive analyses of policy type, explicit threshold criteria and geography are reported. Estimates were made of the uptake of policies by ICSs based on the modal policy type of their constituent CCGs. RESULTS There were 106 current and 143 historic CCGs in England at the time of the search in June 2021. Policy information was available online for 56.2% (140/249) CCGs. With the addition of information from FOIs, complete policy information was available for 94.4% (235/249) of CCGs. Prevalence and severity of policies have increased over time. For current CCGs, 67.9% (72/106) had a policy for body mass index (BMI) and 75.5% (80/106) had a policy for smoking status for hip or knee arthroplasty. Where BMI policies were in place, 61.1% (44/72) introduced extra waiting time before surgery or restricted access to surgery based on BMI thresholds (modal threshold: BMI of 40 kg/m2, range 30-45). In contrast, where smoking status policies were in place, most offered patients advice or optional smoking cessation support and only 15% (12/80) introduced extra waiting time or mandatory cessation before surgery. It is estimated that 40% of ICSs may adopt a BMI policy restrictive to access to arthroplasty. CONCLUSIONS Access policies to arthroplasty based on BMI and smoking status are widespread in England, have increased in prevalence since 2013, and persist within new ICSs. The high variation in policy stringency on BMI between regions is likely to cause inequality in access to arthroplasty and to specialist support for affected patients. Further work should determine the impact of different types of policy on access to surgery and health inequalities.
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- Joanna McLaughlin
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Learning and Research Building, Level 1, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB UK
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- grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 5 Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1UD Bristol, UK
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- grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS UK
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- grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS UK
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Learning and Research Building, Level 1, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB UK ,grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK ,grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS UK ,grid.410421.20000 0004 0380 7336National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, BS1 2NT UK
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Tobacco use will kill a projected 1 billion people in the 21st century in one of the deadliest pandemics in history. Tobacco use disorder is a disease with a natural history, pathophysiology, and effective treatment options. Anesthesiologists can play a unique role in fighting this pandemic, providing both immediate (reduction in perioperative risk) and long-term (reduction in tobacco-related diseases) benefits to their patients who are its victims. Receiving surgery is one of the most powerful stimuli to quit tobacco. Tobacco treatments that combine counseling and pharmacotherapy (e.g., nicotine replacement therapy) can further increase quit rates and reduce risk of morbidity such as pulmonary and wound-related complications. The perioperative setting provides a great opportunity to implement multimodal perianesthesia tobacco treatment, which combines multiple evidence-based tactics to implement the four core components of consistent ascertainment and documentation of tobacco use, advice to quit, access to pharmacotherapy, and referral to counseling resources.
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Downey C, John KS, Chatterji J, Cassar-Gheiti A, O'Byrne JM, Kenny P, Cashman JP. Obesity trends over 10 years in primary hip and knee arthroplasty-a study of 12,000 patients. Ir J Med Sci 2022:10.1007/s11845-022-03092-w. [PMID: 35798996 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-022-03092-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/AIMS Obesity and its increasing prevalence are global public health concerns. Following joint replacement, there is evidence to support that obese patients are more likely to suffer complications. We examined 10-year trends in BMI of the primary total hip and total knee replacement cohorts in our institution to discern whether the BMI of these patients has changed over time. METHODS We examined BMI data of patients who underwent primary hip and knee arthroplasty from our institutional database from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019 (n = 12,169). We analysed trends in BMI over this period with respect to (i) surgical procedure, (ii) gender, and (iii) age categories. RESULTS The overall number of surgical procedures increased over the study period which meant more obese patients underwent surgery over time. Average BMI did not change significantly over time; however, there was a statistically significant increase in BMI in females aged < 45 in both arthroplasty groups. CONCLUSION The average BMI of patients undergoing primary hip and knee arthroplasty in our high-volume tertiary orthopaedic centre has remained relatively unchanged over the past 10 years; however, our local service is caring for a greater number of overweight/obese patients due to the increase in overall volume. This will have significant implications on health care expenditure and infrastructure going forward which further emphasises the importance of ongoing national obesity prevention strategies. The increase in BMI seen in females aged < 45 may mark an impending era of obese younger patients with end-stage osteoarthritis.
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- Colum Downey
- National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Finglas, Dublin 11, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Finglas, Dublin 11, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Finglas, Dublin 11, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Finglas, Dublin 11, Dublin, Ireland
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- National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Finglas, Dublin 11, Dublin, Ireland
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McLaughlin J, Kipping R, Owen-Smith A, McLeod H, Hawley S, Wilkinson JM, Judge A. What effect have NHS commissioners’ policies for body mass index had on access to knee replacement surgery in England?: An interrupted time series analysis from the National Joint Registry. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0270274. [PMID: 35767546 PMCID: PMC9242471 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Objective To assess the impact of local commissioners’ policies for body mass index on access to knee replacement surgery in England. Methods A Natural Experimental Study using interrupted time series and difference-in-differences analysis. We used National Joint Registry for England data linked to the 2015 Index of Multiple Deprivation for 481,555 patients who had primary knee replacement surgery in England between January 2009 and December 2019. Clinical Commissioning Group policies introduced before June 2018 to alter access to knee replacement for patients who were overweight or obese were considered the intervention. The main outcome measures were rate per 100,000 of primary knee replacement surgery and patient demographics (body mass index, Index of Multiple Deprivation, independently-funded surgery) over time. Results Rates of surgery had a sustained fall after the introduction of a policy (trend change of -0.98 operations per 100,000 population aged 40+, 95% confidence interval -1.22 to -0.74, P<0.001), whereas rates increased in localities with no policy introduction. At three years after introduction, there were 10.5 per 100,000 population fewer operations per quarter aged 40+ compared to the counterfactual, representing a fall of 14.1% from the rate expected had there been no change in trend. There was no dose response effect with policy severity. Rates of surgery fell in all patient groups, including non-obese patients following policy introduction. The proportion of independently-funded operations increased after policy introduction, as did the measure of socioeconomic deprivation of patients. Conclusions Body mass index policy introduction was associated with decreases in the rates of knee replacement surgery across localities that introduced policies. This affected all patient groups, not just obese patients at whom the policies were targeted. Changes in patient demographics seen after policy introduction suggest these policies may increase health inequalities and further qualitative research is needed to understand their implementation and impact.
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- Joanna McLaughlin
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Learning and Research Building, Level 1, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Learning and Research Building, Level 1, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Sheffield, Metabolic Bone Unit, Sorby Wing, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Learning and Research Building, Level 1, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Oxford, Kingdom
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McLaughlin J, Scott LJ, Owens L, McLeod H, Sillero-Rejon C, Reynolds R, Owen-Smith A, Hill EM, Jago R, Donovan JL, Redwood S, Kipping R. Evaluating a pre-surgical health optimisation programme: a feasibility study. Perioper Med (Lond) 2022; 11:21. [PMID: 35733182 PMCID: PMC9219203 DOI: 10.1186/s13741-022-00255-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Health optimisation programmes are increasingly popular and aim to support patients to lose weight or stop smoking ahead of surgery, yet there is little published evidence about their impact. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of evaluating a programme introduced by a National Health Service (NHS) clinical commissioning group offering support to smokers/obese patients in an extra 3 months prior to the elective hip/knee surgery pathway. Methods Feasibility study mapping routinely collected data sources, availability and completeness for 502 patients referred to the hip/knee pathway in February–July 2018. Results Data collation across seven sources was complex. Data completeness for smoking and ethnicity was poor. While 37% (184) of patients were eligible for health optimisation, only 28% of this comparatively deprived patient group accepted referral to the support offered. Patients who accepted referral to support and completed the programme had a larger median reduction in BMI than those who did not accept referral (− 1.8 BMI points vs. − 0.5). Forty-nine per cent of patients who accepted support were subsequently referred to surgery, compared to 61% who did not accept referral to support. Conclusions Use of routinely collected data to evaluate health optimisation programmes is feasible though demanding. Indications of the positive effects of health optimisation interventions from this study and existing literature suggest that the challenge of programme evaluation should be prioritised; longer-term evaluation of costs and outcomes is warranted to inform health optimisation policy development. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13741-022-00255-2.
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- Joanna McLaughlin
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Groups, Chippenham, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.,Centre for Exercise Nutrition & Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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McAloon T, Coates V, Fitzsimons D. Duty of care trumps utilitarianism in multi-professional obesity management decisions. Nurs Ethics 2022; 29:1401-1414. [PMID: 35623624 PMCID: PMC9527366 DOI: 10.1177/09697330221075764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Background Escalating levels of obesity place enormous and growing demands on Health
care provision in the (U.K.) United Kingdom. Resources are limited with
increasing and competing demands upon them. Ethical considerations underpin
clinical decision making generally, but there is limited evidence regarding
the relationship between these variables particularly in terms of treating
individuals with obesity. Research aim To investigate the views of National Health Service (NHS) clinicians on
navigating the ethical challenges and decision making associated with
obesity management in adults with chronic illness. Research design A cross-sectional, multi-site survey distributed electronically. Participants A consensus sample of nurses, doctors, dietitians and final year students in
two NHS Trusts and two Universities. Ethical considerations Ethical and governance approvals obtained from a National Ethics Committee
(11NIR035), two universities and two teaching hospitals. Results Of the total (n = 395) participants, the majority were
nurses (48%), female (79%) and qualified clinicians (59%). Participants
strongly considered the individual to have primary responsibility for a
healthy weight and an obligation to attempt to maintain that healthy weight
if they wish to access NHS care. Yet two thirds would not withhold treatment
for patients with obesity. Discussion While clinicians were clear about patient responsibility and obligations, the
majority prioritised their duty of care and would not invoke a utilitarian
approach to decision making. This may reflect awareness of obesity as a
multi-faceted entity, with responsibility for support and management shared
amongst society in general. Conclusions The attitudes of this sample of clinicians complemented the concept of the
health service as being built on a principle of community, with each treated
according to their need. However limited resources challenge the concept of
needs-based decisions consequently societal engagement is necessary to agree
a pragmatic way forward.
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- Toni McAloon
- Department of Nursing, 42259Ulster University - Jordanstown Campus, Newtownabbey, UK
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- Department of Nursing, 2596Ulster University - Coleraine Campus, Coleraine, UK
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- Department of Nursing, 1596Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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Underutilization of guideline-concordant smoking cessation treatments in surgical patients: Lessons from a learning health system. ANNALS OF SURGERY OPEN 2022; 3:e144. [PMID: 35992313 PMCID: PMC9387768 DOI: 10.1097/as9.0000000000000144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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While smoking is a well-established risk factor for surgical complications, it is unclear how frequently guideline-concordant tobacco treatments are prescribed to surgical patients. In this cross-sectional study including 164673 unique patients evaluated in outpatient surgery clinics at a single institution in 2020, despite a relatively high smoking prevalence (14.7%), guideline-concordant treatment rates were very low, with only 12.7% of patients receiving pharmacotherapy and 31.7% receiving any treatment. Addressing disparities in smoking cessation treatments are critical given the disproportionate impact of smoking on surgical outcomes.
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Traina G, Feiring E. Priority setting and personal health responsibility: an analysis of Norwegian key policy documents. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 2022; 48:39-45. [PMID: 32122963 PMCID: PMC8717478 DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND The idea that individuals are responsible for their health has been the focus of debate in the theoretical literature and in its concrete application to healthcare policy in many countries. Controversies persist regarding the form, substance and fairness of allocating health responsibility to the individual, particularly in universal, need-based healthcare systems. OBJECTIVE To examine how personal health responsibility has been framed and rationalised in Norwegian key policy documents on priority setting. METHODS Documents issued or published by the Ministry of Health and Care Services between 1987 and 2018 were thematically analysed (n=14). We developed a predefined conceptual framework that guided the analysis. The framework included: (1) the subject and object of responsibility, (2) the level of conceptual abstraction, (3) temporality, (4) normative justificatory arguments and (5) objections to the application of personal health responsibility. RESULTS As an additional criterion, personal health responsibility has been interpreted as relevant if: (A) the patient's harmful behaviour is repeated after receiving treatment (retrospectively), and if (B) the success of the treatment is conditional on the patient's behavioural change (prospectively). When discussed as a retrospective criterion, considerations of reciprocal fairness have been dominant. When discussed as a prospective criterion, the expected benefit of treatment justified its relevance. CONCLUSION Personal health responsibility appears to challenge core values of equality, inclusion and solidarity in the Norwegian context and has been repeatedly rejected as a necessary criterion for priority setting. However, the responsibility criterion seems to have some relevance in particular priority setting decisions.
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- Gloria Traina
- Department of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Avery-Phipps I, Hynes C, Burton C. Resistance narratives in patients' accounts of a mandatory pre-operative health optimisation scheme: A qualitative study. FRONTIERS IN HEALTH SERVICES 2022; 2:909773. [PMID: 36925819 PMCID: PMC10012661 DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2022.909773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Background Pre-operative Health Optimisation is the engagement of patients in health behavior change, such as smoking cessation and weight reduction prior to surgery. Programmes which routinely delay surgery while some patients undergo preoperative optimisation are increasingly used within the UK. Advocates of this approach argue that it reduces perioperative risk and encourages longer term change at a teachable moment. However, critics have argued that mandatory preoperative optimisation schemes may perpetuate or exacerbate inequalities. Aim To understand patients' experience of a mandatory preoperative optimisation scheme at the time of referral for elective surgery. Design and setting Qualitative interview study in one area of the UK. Method Participants were recruited through GP practices and participating weight-loss schemes. Data was collected from nine semi-structured face-to-face interviews. Thematic analysis was informed by the concept of narratives of resistance. Results Four forms of resistance were found in relation to the programme. Interviewees questioned the way their GPs presented the scheme, suggesting they were acting for the health system rather than their patients. While interviewees accepted personal responsibility for health behaviors, those resisting the scheme emphasized that the wider system carried responsibilities too. Interviewees found referral to the scheme stigmatizing and offset this by distancing themselves from more deviant health behaviors. Finally, interviewees emphasized the logical contradictions between different health promotion messages. Conclusion Patients described negative experiences of mandatory pre-operative health optimisation. Framing them as resistance narratives helps understand how patients contest the imposition of optimisation and highlights the risk of unintended consequences.
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- Isobel Avery-Phipps
- Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Davies B. 'Personal Health Surveillance': The Use of mHealth in Healthcare Responsibilisation. Public Health Ethics 2021; 14:268-280. [PMID: 34899983 PMCID: PMC8661076 DOI: 10.1093/phe/phab013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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There is an ongoing increase in the use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies that patients can use to monitor health-related outcomes and behaviours. While the dominant narrative around mHealth focuses on patient empowerment, there is potential for mHealth to fit into a growing push for patients to take personal responsibility for their health. I call the first of these uses 'medical monitoring', and the second 'personal health surveillance'. After outlining two problems which the use of mHealth might seem to enable us to overcome-fairness of burdens and reliance on self-reporting-I note that these problems would only really be solved by unacceptably comprehensive forms of personal health surveillance which applies to all of us at all times. A more plausible model is to use personal health surveillance as a last resort for patients who would otherwise independently qualify for responsibility-based penalties. However, I note that there are still a number of ethical and practical problems that such a policy would need to overcome. The prospects of mHealth enabling a fair, genuinely cost-saving policy of patient responsibility are slim.
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- Ben Davies
- Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Keh C, Furnham A, McClelland A, Wong C. The Allocation of a Scarce Medical Resource: A Cross-Cultural Study Investigating the Influence of Life Style Factors and Patient Gender, and the Coherence of Decision-making. ETHICS & BEHAVIOR 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2021.1979978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- C. Keh
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London
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- Department of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, Norwegian Business School (Bi)
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London
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- Department of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, Norwegian Business School (Bi)
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Ryan-Ndegwa S, Zamani R, Akrami M. Assessing demographic access to hip replacement surgery in the United Kingdom: a systematic review. Int J Equity Health 2021; 20:224. [PMID: 34641862 PMCID: PMC8506083 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-021-01561-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Persisting evidence suggests significant socioeconomic and sociodemographic inequalities in access to medical treatment in the UK. Consequently, a systematic review was undertaken to examine these access inequalities in relation to hip replacement surgery. Database searches were performed using MEDLINE, PubMed and Web of Science. Studies with a focus on surgical need, access, provision and outcome were of interest. Inequalities were explored in the context of sociodemographic characteristics, socioeconomic status (SES), geographical location and hospital-related variables. Only studies in the context of the UK were included. Screening of search and extraction of data were performed and 482 articles were identified in the database search, of which 16 were eligible. Eligible studies consisted of eight cross-sectional studies, seven ecological studies and one longitudinal study. Although socioeconomic inequality has somewhat decreased, lower SES patients and ethnic minority patients demonstrate increased surgical needs, reduced access and poor outcomes. Lower SES and Black minority patients were younger and had more comorbidities. Surgical need increased with age. Women had greater surgical need and provision than men. Geographical inequality had reduced in Scotland, but a north-south divide persists in England. Rural areas received greater provision relative to need, despite increased travel for care. In all, access inequalities remain widespread and policy change driven by research is needed.
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- Medical School, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Engineering, College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
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Folope V. [Grossophobia in the care sector, a reality to be fought]. SOINS; LA REVUE DE RÉFÉRENCE INFIRMIÈRE 2021; 66:22-24. [PMID: 34462064 DOI: 10.1016/j.soin.2021.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Obese people are victims of hostile attitudes and behaviour that stigmatise them because of their physical appearance. If this grossophobia is already well described at the socio-professional level, it is also present in the world of health care, both by the inappropriate equipment and by the negative attitude of healthcare professionals. This tends to distance obese patients from care and isolate them further. However, solutions exist to combat this discrimination.
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- Vanessa Folope
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Rouen, 1 rue de Germont, 76031 cedex 01, France; Centre de nutrition Bois-Guillaume, 147 avenue du Maréchal-Juin, 76230 Bois-Guillaume, France.
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Charalambous A, Pincus D, High S, Leung FH, Aktar S, Paterson JM, Redelmeier DA, Ravi B. Association of Surgical Experience With Risk of Complication in Total Hip Arthroplasty Among Patients With Severe Obesity. JAMA Netw Open 2021; 4:e2123478. [PMID: 34468752 PMCID: PMC8411295 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.23478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE Severe obesity is a risk factor for major early complications after total hip arthroplasty (THA). OBJECTIVE To determine the association between surgeon experience with THA in patients with severe obesity and risk of complications. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This retrospective population-based cohort study was performed in Ontario, Canada, from April 1, 2007, to March 31, 2017, with data analysis performed from March 2020 to January 2021. A cohort of patients who received a primary THA for osteoarthritis and who also had severe obesity (body mass index [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared] ≥40) at the time of surgery was defined. These patients were identified using the Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database and physician claims from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. Generalized estimating equations were used to determine the association between overall THA and severe obesity-specific THA surgeon volume and the occurrence of complications after controlling for potential confounders. The study hypothesized that surgeon experience specific to patients with severe obesity could further reduce the risk of complications. EXPOSURES Primary THA. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Complications were considered as a composite outcome (revision, infection requiring surgery, or dislocation requiring reduction), within 1 year of surgery. This was defined before the study, as was the study hypothesis. RESULTS A total of 4781 eligible patients was identified. The median age was 63 (interquartile range [IQR], 56-69) years, and 3050 patients (63.8%) were women. Overall, 186 patients (3.9%) experienced a surgical complication within 1 year of surgery. The median overall THA surgeon volume was 70 (IQR, 46-106) cases/y, whereas the median obesity-specific surgeon volume was 5 (IQR, 2-9) cases/y. After controlling for patient and hospital factors, greater obesity-specific THA surgeon volume (adjusted odds ratio per additional 10 cases, 0.65 [95% CI, 0.47-0.89]; P = .007), but not greater overall THA surgeon volume (adjusted odds ratio per 10 additional cases, 0.97 [95% CI, 0.93-1.02]; P = .24), was associated with a reduced risk of complication. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Increased surgeon experience performing THA in patients with severe obesity was associated with fewer major surgical complications. These findings suggest that surgeon experience is required to mitigate the unique anatomical challenges posed by surgery in patients with severe obesity. Referral pathways for patients with severe obesity to surgeons with high obesity-specific THA volume should be considered.
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- Alexander Charalambous
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- ICES (formerly Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- ICES (formerly Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- ICES (formerly Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- ICES (formerly Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Crookes PF, Cassidy RS, Machowicz A, Hill JC, McCaffrey J, Turner G, Beverland D. Should isolated morbid obesity influence the decision to operate in hip and knee arthroplasty? Bone Jt Open 2021; 2:515-521. [PMID: 34247491 PMCID: PMC8325969 DOI: 10.1302/2633-1462.27.bjo-2021-0062.r1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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AIMS We studied the outcomes of hip and knee arthroplasties in a high-volume arthroplasty centre to determine if patients with morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2) had unacceptably worse outcomes as compared to those with BMI < 40 kg/m2. METHODS In a two-year period, 4,711 patients had either total hip arthroplasty (THA; n = 2,370), total knee arthroplasty (TKA; n = 2,109), or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA; n = 232). Of these patients, 392 (8.3%) had morbid obesity. We compared duration of operation, anaesthetic time, length of stay (LOS), LOS > three days, out of hours attendance, emergency department attendance, readmission to hospital, return to theatre, and venous thromboembolism up to 90 days. Readmission for wound infection was recorded to one year. Oxford scores were recorded preoperatively and at one year postoperatively. RESULTS On average, the morbidly obese had longer operating times (63 vs 58 minutes), longer anaesthetic times (31 vs 28 minutes), increased LOS (3.7 vs 3.5 days), and significantly more readmissions for wound infection (1.0% vs 0.3%). There were no statistically significant differences in either suspected or confirmed venous thromboembolism. Improvement in Oxford scores were equivalent. CONCLUSION Although morbidly obese patients had less favourable outcomes, we do not feel that the magnitude of difference is clinically significant when applied to an individual, particularly when improvement in Oxford scores were unrelated to BMI. Cite this article: Bone Jt Open 2021;2(7):515-521.
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- Peter F Crookes
- Outcomes Unit, Primary Joint Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Outcomes Unit, Primary Joint Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Outcomes Unit, Primary Joint Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Anaesthetics, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Anaesthetics, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Outcomes Unit, Primary Joint Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, UK
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Evans JT, Mouchti S, Blom AW, Wilkinson JM, Whitehouse MR, Beswick A, Judge A. Obesity and revision surgery, mortality, and patient-reported outcomes after primary knee replacement surgery in the National Joint Registry: A UK cohort study. PLoS Med 2021; 18:e1003704. [PMID: 34270557 PMCID: PMC8284626 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND One in 10 people in the United Kingdom will need a total knee replacement (TKR) during their lifetime. Access to this life-changing operation has recently been restricted based on body mass index (BMI) due to belief that high BMI may lead to poorer outcomes. We investigated the associations between BMI and revision surgery, mortality, and pain/function using what we believe to be the world's largest joint replacement registry. METHODS AND FINDINGS We analysed 493,710 TKRs in the National Joint Registry (NJR) for England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man from 2005 to 2016 to investigate 90-day mortality and 10-year cumulative revision. Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) databases were linked to the NJR to investigate change in Oxford Knee Score (OKS) 6 months postoperatively. After adjustment for age, sex, American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grade, indication for operation, year of primary TKR, and fixation type, patients with high BMI were more likely to undergo revision surgery within 10 years compared to those with "normal" BMI (obese class II hazard ratio (HR) 1.21, 95% CI: 1.10, 1.32 (p < 0.001) and obese class III HR 1.13, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.26 (p = 0.026)). All BMI classes had revision estimates within the recognised 10-year benchmark of 5%. Overweight and obese class I patients had lower mortality than patients with "normal" BMI (HR 0.76, 95% CI: 0.65, 0.90 (p = 0.001) and HR 0.69, 95% CI: 0.58, 0.82 (p < 0.001)). All BMI categories saw absolute increases in OKS after 6 months (range 18-20 points). The relative improvement in OKS was lower in overweight and obese patients than those with "normal" BMI, but the difference was below the minimal detectable change (MDC; 4 points). The main limitations were missing BMI particularly in the early years of data collection and a potential selection bias effect of surgeons selecting the fitter patients with raised BMI for surgery. CONCLUSIONS Given revision estimates in all BMI groups below the recognised threshold, no evidence of increased mortality, and difference in change in OKS below the MDC, this large national registry shows no evidence of poorer outcomes in patients with high BMI. This study does not support rationing of TKR based on increased BMI.
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- Jonathan Thomas Evans
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The Mellanby Centre for Bone Research, University of Sheffield, Metabolic Bone Unit, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review explores potential sources of weight bias and stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic, including "quarantine-15" messages and discussion of obesity in media and public health campaigns. We examine evidence of the effects of weight bias on well-being during the pandemic and highlight unanswered questions to be addressed in future research. RECENT FINDINGS Studies that have investigated weight change during stay-at-home orders have yielded mixed findings and relied predominantly on self-reported retrospective recall, thus providing weak evidence of a widespread "quarantine-15" effect. No studies to date have evaluated the effects on weight stigma and health of obesity-focused COVID-19 media and public health messages. Individuals with a history of experiencing weight bias may be more vulnerable to binge eating and psychological distress during the pandemic. Weight bias and stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their effects on health and well-being, warrant greater investigation and consideration in public health efforts.
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- Rebecca L Pearl
- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
- Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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McLaughlin J, Palmer C, Redwood S, Kipping R, Owens L, Reynolds R, Scott LJ, Hill EM, Donovan JL, Jago R, Owen-Smith A. Commissioner, clinician, and patient experiences of a pre-surgical health optimisation programme - a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:409. [PMID: 33933095 PMCID: PMC8088197 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06434-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Health optimisation programmes are an increasingly popular policy intervention that aim to support patients to lose weight or stop smoking ahead of surgery. There is little evidence about their impact and the experience of their use. The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences and perspectives of commissioners, clinicians and patients involved in a locality’s health optimisation programme in the United Kingdom. The programme alters access to elective orthopaedic surgery for patients who smoke or are obese (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2), diverting them to a 12-week programme of behavioural change interventions prior to assessment for surgical referral. Methods A thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews (n = 20) with National Health Service and Local Authority commissioners and planners, healthcare professionals, and patients using the pathway. Results Health optimisation was broadly acceptable to professionals and patients in our sample and offered a chance to trigger both short term pre-surgical weight loss/smoking cessation and longer-term sustained changes to lifestyle intentions post-surgery. Communicating the nature and purpose of the programme to patients was challenging and consequently the quality of the explanation received and understanding gained by patients was generally low. Insight into the successful implementation of health optimisation for the hip and knee pathway, but failure in roll-out to other surgical specialities, suggests placement of health optimisation interventions into the ‘usual waiting time’ for surgical referral may be of greatest acceptability to professionals and patients. Conclusions Patients and professionals supported the continuation of health optimisation in this context and recognised likely health and wellbeing benefits for a majority of patients. However, the clinicians’ communication to patients about health optimisation needs to improve to prepare patients and optimise their engagement.
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- Joanna McLaughlin
- Population health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. .,Bath and North East Somerset Council , Bath , UK.
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- National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group, Bath, UK
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- Population health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.,National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Population health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.,Centre for Exercise Nutrition & health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Population health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Stafford IA, Moustafa AS, Spoo L, Berra A, Burgess A, Turrentine M. Association between Maternal Obesity Class, Adherence to Labor Guidelines, and Perinatal Outcomes. AJP Rep 2021; 11:e105-e112. [PMID: 34277129 PMCID: PMC8282364 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1732409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Data are limited concerning rates of perinatal complications in women with a body mass index (BMI) ≥40 kg/m2 compared to women with other BMI classes when guidelines for the safe prevention of the primary cesarean delivery are applied. Objective The aim of the study is to evaluate labor guideline adherence by BMI class and to compare perinatal outcomes across BMI classes with guideline adherent management. Study Design This retrospective study included low-risk women admitted for delivery between April 2014 and April 2017 after the labor guidelines were implemented. BMI closest to delivery was used for analysis. Women with cesarean for nonreassuring fetal status were excluded. Results Guideline adherence decreased with increasing BMI, with 93% adherence among women of normal weight compared to 81% for class III obese women ( p < 0.0001). Among women who had guideline-adherent management, there was increased rates of cesarean among class III versus other obesity classes; however, there were no differences in rates of infectious morbidity ( p = 0.98) or hemorrhage ( p = 0.93). Although newborns of women with class III obesity had higher rates of meconium at birth, neonatal outcomes were not different with increasing maternal BMI ( p = 0.65). Conclusion There were no differences in adverse perinatal outcomes with increasing BMI.
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- Irene A. Stafford
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hurley Medical Center, Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Morris TM, Marlborough FJ, Montgomery RJ, Allison KP, Eardley WGP. Smoking and the patient with a complex lower limb injury. Injury 2021; 52:814-824. [PMID: 33495022 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Smoking is known to increase the risk of peri-operative complications in Orthoplastic surgery by impairing bone and wound healing. The effects of nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has been less well established. Previous reviews have examined the relationship between smoking and bone and wound healing separately. This review provides surgeons with a comprehensive and contemporaneous account of how smoking in all forms interacts with all aspects of complex lower limb trauma. We provide a guide for surgeons to refer to during the consent process to enable them to tailor information towards smokers in such a way that the patient may understand the risks involved with their surgical treatment. We update the literature with recently discovered methods of monitoring and treating the troublesome complications that occur more commonly in smokers effected by trauma.
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- Timothy M Morris
- Orthoplastic Surgery Department, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, England, TS4 3BW.
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- Orthoplastic Surgery Department, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, England, TS4 3BW
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- Orthoplastic Surgery Department, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, England, TS4 3BW
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- Orthoplastic Surgery Department, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, England, TS4 3BW
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- Orthoplastic Surgery Department, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, England, TS4 3BW
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Prospective Intention-Based Lifestyle Contracts: mHealth Technology and Responsibility in Healthcare. HEALTH CARE ANALYSIS 2021; 29:189-212. [PMID: 33428016 PMCID: PMC8321967 DOI: 10.1007/s10728-020-00424-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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As the rising costs of lifestyle-related diseases place increasing strain on public healthcare systems, the individual's role in disease may be proposed as a healthcare rationing criterion. Literature thus far has largely focused on retrospective responsibility in healthcare. The concept of prospective responsibility, in the form of a lifestyle contract, warrants further investigation. The responsibilisation in healthcare debate also needs to take into account innovative developments in mobile health technology, such as wearable biometric devices and mobile apps, which may change how we hold others accountable for their lifestyles. Little is known about public attitudes towards lifestyle contracts and the use of mobile health technology to hold people responsible in the context of healthcare. This paper has two components. Firstly, it details empirical findings from a survey of 81 members of the United Kingdom general public on public attitudes towards individual responsibility and rationing healthcare, prospective and retrospective responsibility, and the acceptability of lifestyle contracts in the context of mobile health technology. Secondly, we draw on the empirical findings and propose a model of prospective intention-based lifestyle contracts, which is both more aligned with public intuitions and less ethically objectionable than more traditional, retrospective models of responsibility in healthcare.
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Traina G, Feiring E. 'There is no such thing as getting sick justly or unjustly' - a qualitative study of clinicians' beliefs on the relevance of personal responsibility as a basis for health prioritisation. BMC Health Serv Res 2020; 20:497. [PMID: 32493300 PMCID: PMC7268691 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05364-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Concerns have been raised regarding the reasonableness of using personal health responsibility as a principle or criterion for setting priorities in healthcare. While this debate continues, little is known about clinicians' views on the role of patient responsibility in clinical contexts. This paper contributes to the knowledge on the empirical relevance of personal responsibility for priority setting at the clinical level. METHODS A qualitative study of Norwegian clinicians (n = 15) was designed, using semi-structured interviews with vignettes to elicit beliefs on the relevance of personal responsibility as a basis for health prioritisation. Sampling was undertaken purposefully. The interviews were conducted in three hospital trusts in South-Eastern Norway between May 2018 and February 2019 and were analysed with conceptually driven thematic analysis. RESULTS The findings suggest that clinicians endorsed a general principle of personal health responsibility but were reluctant to introduce personal health responsibility as a formal priority setting criterion. Five main objections were cited, relating to avoidability, causality, harshness, intrusiveness, and inequity. Still, both retrospective and prospective attributions of personal responsibility were perceived as relevant in specific clinical settings. The most prominent argument in favour of personal health responsibility was grounded in the idea that holding patients responsible for their conduct would contribute to the efficient use of healthcare resources. Other arguments included fairness to others, desert and autonomy, but such standpoints were controversial and held only marginal relevance. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides important novel insights into the clinicians' beliefs about personal health responsibility improving the empirical knowledge concerning its fairness and potential applications to healthcare prioritisation. These findings suggest that although personal health responsibility would be difficult to implement as a steering criterion within the main priority setting framework, there might be clinical contexts where it could figure in prioritisation practices. Additional research on personal health responsibility would benefit from considering the multiple clinical encounters that shape doctor-patient relationships and that create the information basis for eligibility and prioritisation for treatment.
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- Gloria Traina
- Department of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Post box 1089 Blindern, 0317, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Post box 1089 Blindern, 0317, Oslo, Norway
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Nnoaham KE, Cann KF. Can cluster analyses of linked healthcare data identify unique population segments in a general practice-registered population? BMC Public Health 2020; 20:798. [PMID: 32460753 PMCID: PMC7254635 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-08930-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Population segmentation is useful for understanding the health needs of populations. Expert-driven segmentation is a traditional approach which involves subjective decisions on how to segment data, with no agreed best practice. The limitations of this approach are theoretically overcome by more data-driven approaches such as utilisation-based cluster analysis. Previous explorations of using utilisation-based cluster analysis for segmentation have demonstrated feasibility but were limited in potential usefulness for local service planning. This study explores the potential for practical application of using utilisation-based cluster analyses to segment a local General Practice-registered population in the South Wales Valleys. METHODS Primary and secondary care datasets were linked to create a database of 79,607 patients including socio-demographic variables, morbidities, care utilisation, cost and risk factor information. We undertook utilisation-based cluster analysis, using k-means methodology to group the population into segments with distinct healthcare utilisation patterns based on seven utilisation variables: elective inpatient admissions, non-elective inpatient admissions, outpatient first & follow-up attendances, Emergency Department visits, GP practice visits and prescriptions. We analysed segments post-hoc to understand their morbidity, risk and demographic profiles. RESULTS Ten population segments were identified which had distinct profiles of healthcare use, morbidity, demographic characteristics and risk attributes. Although half of the study population were in segments characterised as 'low need' populations, there was heterogeneity in this group with respect to variables relevant to service planning - e.g. settings in which care was mostly consumed. Significant and complex healthcare need was a feature across age groups and was driven more by deprivation and behavioural risk factors than by age and functional limitation. CONCLUSIONS This analysis shows that utilisation-based cluster analysis of linked primary and secondary healthcare use data for a local GP-registered population can segment the population into distinct groups with unique health and care needs, providing useful intelligence to inform local population health service planning and care delivery. This segmentation approach can offer a detailed understanding of the health and care priorities of population groups, potentially supporting the integration of health and care, reducing fragmentation of healthcare and reducing healthcare costs in the population.
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- Kelechi Ebere Nnoaham
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Ynysmeurig House, Navigation Park, Abercynon, Mountain Ash, CF45 4SN, UK. .,University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, UK.
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- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Ynysmeurig House, Navigation Park, Abercynon, Mountain Ash, CF45 4SN, UK
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Rubenstein WJ, Lansdown DA, Feeley BT, Ma CB, Zhang AL. Body Mass Index Screening in Knee Arthroscopy: An Analysis Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Database. Arthroscopy 2019; 35:3289-3294. [PMID: 31785760 DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2019.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE To analyze patients undergoing knee arthroscopy stratified by body mass index (BMI) and assess the tradeoffs in complications avoided versus access to care that occur when instituting BMI eligibility criteria. METHODS The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database was used to identify patients who underwent knee arthroscopy from 2015 to 2016. Patients were categorized by BMI, and differences in complication rates between BMI categories were assessed. The positive predictive value (PPV) was calculated for various BMI cutoffs, with further analysis performed to identify the number of surgeries that would be denied to avoid a single complication. RESULTS There were 44,153 knee arthroscopy cases identified and an overall complication rate of 1.7%. There was no significant difference found in major complication rate between those with a BMI >40 kg/m2 and those with a BMI <40 (1.7% vs 1.7%, P = .70), and no significant associations between increased complications and a higher BMI were found on binary logistic regression. Instituting a BMI cutoff of 40 has a PPV of 1.7% and would result in the avoidance of 11% of complications while denying 10% of otherwise uncomplicated surgeries. This cutoff would deny 57 surgeries for every complication avoided. CONCLUSION In patients undergoing knee arthroscopy, this study failed to detect a significant increased risk of major complications associated with having a BMI >40. The institution of BMI eligibility cutoffs would result in low PPVs and a high number of denials for surgery that would otherwise be complication free. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level IV, retrospective cohort-based database study.
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- William J Rubenstein
- Department of Orthopedics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A..
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
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Traina G, Martinussen PE, Feiring E. Being Healthy, Being Sick, Being Responsible: Attitudes towards Responsibility for Health in a Public Healthcare System. Public Health Ethics 2019; 12:145-157. [PMID: 31384303 PMCID: PMC6655377 DOI: 10.1093/phe/phz009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Lifestyle-induced diseases are becoming a burden on healthcare, actualizing the discussion on health responsibilities. Using data from the National Association for Heart and Lung Diseases (LHL)’s 2015 Health Survey (N = 2689), this study examined the public’s attitudes towards personal and social health responsibility in a Norwegian population. The questionnaires covered self-reported health and lifestyle, attitudes towards personal responsibility and the authorities’ responsibility for promoting health, resource-prioritisation and socio-demographic characteristics. Block-wise multiple linear regression assessed the association between attitudes towards health responsibilities and individual lifestyle, political orientation and health condition. We found a moderate support for social responsibility across political views. Respondents reporting unhealthier eating habits, smokers and physically inactive were less supportive of health promotion policies (including information, health incentives, prevention and regulations). The idea that individuals are responsible for taking care of their health was widely accepted as an abstract ideal. Yet, only a third of the respondents agreed with introducing higher co-payments for treatment of ‘self-inflicted’ conditions and levels of support were patterned by health-related behaviour and left-right political orientation. Our study suggests that a significant support for social responsibility does not exclude a strong support for personal health responsibility. However, conditional access to healthcare based on personal lifestyle is still controversial.
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- Gloria Traina
- Department of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo
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- Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
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- Department of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo
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Brown RCH, Maslen H, Savulescu J. Against Moral Responsibilisation of Health: Prudential Responsibility and Health Promotion. Public Health Ethics 2019; 12:114-129. [PMID: 31384301 PMCID: PMC6655424 DOI: 10.1093/phe/phz006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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In this article, we outline a novel approach to understanding the role of responsibility in health promotion. Efforts to tackle chronic disease have led to an emphasis on personal responsibility and the identification of ways in which people can 'take responsibility' for their health by avoiding risk factors such as smoking and over-eating. We argue that the extent to which agents can be considered responsible for their health-related behaviour is limited, and as such, state health promotion which assumes certain forms of moral responsibility should (in general) be avoided. This indicates that some approaches to health promotion ought not to be employed. We suggest, however, that another form of responsibility might be more appropriately identified. This is based on the claim that agents (in general) have prudential reasons to maintain their health, in order to pursue those things which make their lives go well-i.e. that maintenance of a certain level of health is (all-things-considered) rational for many agents, given their pleasures and plans. On this basis, we propose that agents have a self-regarding prudential responsibility to maintain their health. We outline the implications of a prudential responsibility approach to health promotion.
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- Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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