Evaluation of nurse's attitudes toward adult patients of size

Gujral, Harpreet; Tea, Christine; Sheridan, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.soard.2011.03.008

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“…Such a result was also seen in a study on dental hygienists (Essex, Keiko, & Rowe, ) and another on medical students attitudes (Phelan et al, ), in both cases recording higher scores on the questions related to willpower than to dislike (Essex et al, ; Phelan et al, ) and their explicit attitudes were reported as being negative. Negative attitudes among nurses and nursing students were also revealed in other studies (Gujral, Tea, & Sheridan, ; Ward‐Smith & Peterson, ).…”

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confidence: 72%

Intensive care nurses’ implicit and explicit attitudes and their behavioural intentions towards obese intensive care patients

Robstad

Westergren

Siebler

et al. 2019

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims To examine qualified intensive care nurses’ implicit and explicit attitudes towards obese intensive care patients and whether their attitudes are associated with their behavioural intentions towards these patients. Background Obese intensive care patients may experience more stress than do normal‐weight patients. Intensive care nurses’ attitudes and the way they address their care are thus vital. Despite a range of studies revealing that health professionals hold anti‐fat attitudes towards obese patients, there is a lack of knowledge about intensive care nurses’ implicit and explicit attitudes and if such attitudes are associated with behavioural intention. Design A cross‐sectional survey. Methods From November 2017 ‐ January 2018, a web‐based survey was conducted with 159 qualified intensive care nurses (84.3% women, mean age 45.52 years) recruited through 16 intensive care units and Facebook. The survey consisted of implicit attitude tests, explicit bias scales, the Anti‐fat Attitude questionnaire, vignettes measuring behavioural intention, and demographic questions. Results Intensive care nurses reported implicit preferences for thin over thick people and found obese individuals slightly ‘worse’ and ‘lazy’, comprising less willpower than thin individuals. Attitudes were not associated with behavioural intention. Conclusion This study provides new knowledge about qualified intensive care nurses’ anti‐fat attitudes and behavioural intention towards obese intensive care patients. These findings should be acknowledged by policymakers, clinical healthcare providers and educators to secure optimal care for these patients. Impact Statement These results should be used in nursing attitude change programmes, in intensive care units, and among nursing educators, focusing on increasing nurses’ knowledge of the complexities of obesity. Further research on obese intensive care patients’ healthcare experiences and the impact that healthcare providers’ anti‐fat attitudes and behaviours has on patients’ perceived care quality is needed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Intensive care nurses’ implicit and explicit attitudes and their behavioural intentions towards obese intensive care patients

Robstad

Westergren

Siebler

et al. 2019

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…For example, a systematic review concluded that HCPs, such as doctors and nurses, possess negative attitudes towards obese patients (8). Similar findings have been reported extensively in other studies of different HCP groups and across a range of clinical settings and countries (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21).…”

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confidence: 65%

“…On the basis of these findings, it would appear that, whilst people may be influenced by the HCPs' body weight-size in medical settings (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21), dentists seem to be treated differently to other HCPs in this respect. There may be several reasons for this.…”

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confidence: 96%

The effect of dentists’ body-weight size on student social judgments of dental skill and patients’ behavioural intentions: A vignette study

Asimakopoulou¹,

Ignatius²,

While³

et al. 2015

Journal of Dentistry

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“…These findings are not particularly surprising, given the prevailing sentiment regarding body size in Western culture. However, there were no significant differences among the three groups of pre-professional students on the obesity bias scales, a finding that supports results of previous researchers that students in health-related fields, as well as former students now working in these professions, harbour biased attitudes about obese individuals (Gujral et al, 2011;O'Brien et al, 2006;Puhl et al, 2009) and extends this finding to fashion and retail students. Given the exclusionary nature of many fashion brands, it was expected that pre-professionals in this field would hold stronger obesity bias attitudes than their peers in health-related fields.…”

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confidence: 88%

Obesity bias and body image: How do fashion and retail students compare to other personal service majors?

Rudd

Harmon

Heiss

et al. 2014

International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Educati

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Fashion and health-related industries communicate and endorse a thin body ideal contributing to obesity bias and affecting services to clients. Obesity bias was examined among 200 undergraduate students in these majors and other majors, to justify developing bias intervention programmes to create tolerant and inclusive professionals in fields that regularly interact with the public and with relative strangers. An online survey assessed obesity bias, appearance orientation and evaluation, weight satisfaction and shape satisfaction, to see which variables led to bias.Fashion and retail studies majors reported the lowest obesity bias when compared to health-related and other majors had the most positive attitudes towards obese persons and reported higher appearance orientation. A partial correlation overall revealed that as a student's appearance orientation increases, their positive attitudes towards obese people decreased and their obesity bias increased. We believe that cognitive intervention programmes are warranted to reduce bias in these pre-professionals.

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Evaluation of nurse's attitudes toward adult patients of size

Cited by 33 publications

References 18 publications

Intensive care nurses’ implicit and explicit attitudes and their behavioural intentions towards obese intensive care patients

Intensive care nurses’ implicit and explicit attitudes and their behavioural intentions towards obese intensive care patients

The effect of dentists’ body-weight size on student social judgments of dental skill and patients’ behavioural intentions: A vignette study

Obesity bias and body image: How do fashion and retail students compare to other personal service majors?

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