The role ofÂ the family doctor inÂ the management ofÂ adults who are obese: a scoping review protocol

Elizabeth Sturgiss; Nicholas Elmitt; Chris Van Weel; Emily Haesler; Ginny Sargent; Alexander Stevenson; Mark F Harris; Kirsty Douglas; Kirsty P Douglas

doi:10.1186/s40064-015-1647-6

The role ofÂ the family doctor inÂ the management ofÂ adults who are obese: a scoping review protocol

Elizabeth Sturgiss, Nicholas Elmitt, Chris Van Weel, Emily Haesler, Ginny Sargent, Alexander Stevenson, Mark F Harris, Kirsty Douglas, Kirsty P Douglas

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Background: The role of family doctors in the management of obesity in primary care will become increasingly important as more of the adult population become overweight or obese. Having a solid understanding of the family doctors role as a sole practitioner is important for supporting practitioners in providing patient care and for informing future research. Objective: The purpose of this paper is to describe a protocol for a scoping review that aims to examine and map the current research base for the role of the family doctor in managing adults who are overweight or obese. Methods: This scoping review is based on the methodology as described by the Joanna Briggs Institute which involves final consultation with stakeholders. Two reviewers (ES, NE) will be responsible for the iterative development of a search strategy based on the basic initial search terms obesity, doctor and primary care. Black and grey literature will be searched to elucidate any manuscripts involving the family doctor in the management of adults who are over weight or obese. A customised data extraction tool will be used to collect relevant items from each manuscript. Results: Data extraction will expose the role family doctors are playing in obesity management in all stages of research including recruitment, intervention or as a control group. By looking at a broad scope of manuscripts we will discover the family doctors role as portrayed in research, in international guidelines and by peak bodies. We will also determine if there are any gaps in the research base. Conclusion: This protocol describes a scoping review that will illustrate the supporting international research for the role family doctors are playing in the management of adults who are overweight or obese. Scoping of the interna tional literature will then be translated for Australian primary care. Keywords: Obesity, Overweight, Adults, Primary care, General practitioner, Family doctor, Primary care physician

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Journal	SpringerPlus
Volume	4
Issue number	820
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-1647-6
Publication status	Published - 2015

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