Awareness, Care and Treatment In Obesity maNagement to inform Haemophilia Obesity Patient Empowerment (ACTION-TO-HOPE): Results of a survey of US patients with haemophilia and obesity (PwHO) and their partners and caregivers.
Stacy E CroteauSusan CutterGrace HernandezBrian WicklundMeredith L Dreyer GilletteKimberly HaugstadDavid L CooperVlady OstrowJoe NadglowskiPublished in: Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia (2020)
PwHO, spouse/partners and caregivers exhibited awareness of general and haemophilia-specific consequences of excess body weight. Most have tried general approaches to improve eating and increase activity with little success and desire more education on weight management and more details on specific actionable recommendations distributed through existing haemophilia channels. These insights will better inform the creation of weight-loss programmes for this community.