Increasing Patient Attendance in a Pediatric Obesity Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project

Research supports intensive lifestyle interventions (>25 contact hours/six months) to treat childhood obesity. Success requires retention in program. This quality improvement project's purpose was to increase attendance of follow-up patients in a childhood obesity clinic by 10%. A pretest po...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric nursing 2014-11, Vol.29 (6), p.528-535
Main Authors: Geer, Betty, Porter, Renee M., Haemer, Matthew, Krajicek, Marilyn J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Appointments and Schedules
Attendance
Child
Childhood obesity
Clinical outcomes
Female
Follow-up
Humans
Improve attendance
Intervention
Lifestyles
Male
Nursing
Obesity
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital - utilization
Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control
Pediatrics
Quality Improvement
Quality of care
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Summary:Research supports intensive lifestyle interventions (>25 contact hours/six months) to treat childhood obesity. Success requires retention in program. This quality improvement project's purpose was to increase attendance of follow-up patients in a childhood obesity clinic by 10%. A pretest posttest design was used. Three months of baseline data were collected, followed by 52weeks of intervention data. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Fisher's exact test. Follow-up patient attendance improved significantly from 69% to 81% (z=1.76, p=.039 (95% CI=0.2822, 1.0021)). Simple and inexpensive interventions can significantly increase attendance of obese children in follow-up.
ISSN:0882-5963
1532-8449
DOI:10.1016/j.pedn.2014.09.001