Investigación y Educación en Enfermería ()

Risk factors associated with treatment abandonment by overweight or obese children and adolescents

  • Larissa Soares Mariz,
  • Carla Campos Muniz Medeiros,
  • Bertha Cruz Enders,
  • Caroline Evelin Nascimento Kluczynik Vieira,
  • Kaio Keomma Aires Silva Medeiros,
  • Alexsandro Silva Coura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v34n2a18
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 2
pp. 378 – 386

Abstract

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Objective.To evaluate the risk factors associated with treatment abandonment by overweight or obese children and adolescents. Methods. A cross-sectional study, conducted in 2011, at the Childhood Obesity Center, in Campina Grande, Brazil, with the records of 208 children and adolescents, between three and 18 years of age, divided into two groups: Group I included those who abandoned treatment, and Group II included those who did not abandon treatment. Results. Non-adherence was significantly associated with higher income (OR=5.8), high maternal education (OR=2.4), white skin color (OR=2.9), and obesity (OR=3.6). Conclusion. Despite the new academic-care approach, the non-adherence to treatment rate was high, and was associated with sociodemographic and nutritional factors.

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