Experience of Patients with Obesity in Contacts with Medical Professionals [Response to Letter]

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Krzysztof Sobczak, 1 Katarzyna Leoniuk, 1 Agata Rudnik 2 1Department of Sociology of Medicine & Social Pathology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland; 2Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, PolandCorrespondence: Krzysztof SobczakMedical University of Gdansk, Department of Sociology of Medicine & Social Pathology, Tuwima 15, 80-210, Gdańsk, PolandTel [phone]Fax [phone]Email [email protected] We would like to thank you for your interest in our article and the opportunity to respond to the issues raised in the comments by Ikotun et al. 1 Quantitative research methods are used, inter alia, to recognize the frequency of the phenomenon presented in the study. As a result, we can analyze the dependencies and relationships that exist between variables. Therefore, while carrying out the study on the experiences of Polish patients with obesity, we decided to use the quantitative method to explore their contacts with medical professionals. 2 The adopted  research technique (CAWI) consisted of completing a digitized questionnaire by an anonymous respondents via the internet. This method of carrying out research was dictated by several assumptions. Notably, we need to point out obtaining high-quality data based on a large group of respondents.   View the original paper by Sobczak and colleagues   This is in response to the Letter to the Editor