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| Title |
Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01291 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Belinda Cain, Kimberly Buck, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Isabel Krug |
| Abstract |
Objective: This study aimed to investigate Australian healthcare practitioners' knowledge and attitudes toward binge eating disorder (BED). Method: Participants were 175 healthcare professionals, who were randomized to one of two conditions that assessed diagnostic and treatment knowledge of either comorbid BED and obesity or only obesity via case vignette, as well as weight bias toward obese patients. Results: Results suggested that participants demonstrated a reluctance to diagnose comorbid BED and obesity, that their knowledge of physical complications associated with BED was limited, and that they indicated a narrow range of evidence-based treatment options. When compared with levels of weight bias expressed by healthcare professionals in previous international studies, Australian clinicians were significantly less biased, however, still largely endorsed 'negative' attitudes toward obesity. Conclusion: Findings suggest that future clinical training in eating disorders should therefore focus not only on diagnostic criteria, physical complications and treatment options, but also on practitioner attitudes toward eating and weight. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Australia | 1 | 20% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 48 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 48 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 15% |
| Researcher | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 15% |
| Unknown | 12 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 7 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 10% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 15 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 September 2017.
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#13,161,030
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#12,043
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#150,053
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#319
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