Healthcare Service Interventions to Improve the Healthcare Outcomes of Hospitalised Patients with Extreme Obesity: Protocol for an Evidence and Gap Map.
Caz HalesRebecca ChrystallAnne M HaaseMona JeffreysPublished in: Methods and protocols (2022)
Hospitalised patients with extreme obesity have poorer healthcare outcomes compared to normal weight patients. How hospital services are coordinated and delivered to meet the care needs of patients with extreme obesity is not well understood. The aim of the proposed evidence gap map (EGM) is to identify and assess the available evidence on healthcare interventions to improve healthcare outcomes for hospitalised patients with extreme obesity. This research will use standardised evidence gap map methods to undertake a five-stage process to develop an intervention-outcome framework; identify the current evidence; critically appraise the quality of the evidence, extract, code, and summarise the data in relation to the EGM objectives; and create a visualisation map to present findings. This EGM will provide a means of determining the nature and quality of health service initiatives available, identify the components of the services delivered and the outcome measures used for evaluation, and will identify areas where there is a lack of research that validates the funding of new research studies.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- weight gain
- type diabetes
- climate change
- physical activity
- randomized controlled trial
- quality improvement
- high fat diet induced
- body mass index
- primary care
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- mental health
- health information
- skeletal muscle
- chronic kidney disease
- high density
- adipose tissue
- affordable care act
- newly diagnosed
- palliative care
- deep learning
- peritoneal dialysis
- community acquired pneumonia
- health insurance