RESUMEN
The high prevalence of obesity in our environment, a chronic disease of complex management and responsible for multiple comorbidities, requires the implementation of coordination strategies in clinical care between primary care and specialist hospital units. In a cross-sectional care model, primary care physicians guide all therapeutic management related to obesity. Together with them, specialists in endocrinology and nutrition and other health staff help to form a functional unit that focuses on obesity. The main goal of this document is to improve the coordination between care levels, to optimize resources, avoid patients' unrealistic expectations and improve patient follow-up after discharge from hospital.
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Atención Primaria de Salud , Especialización , Consenso , Estudios Transversales , Unidades Hospitalarias , Humanos , Obesidad/epidemiología , Obesidad/terapiaRESUMEN
La elevada prevalencia de obesidad en nuestro medio, una enfermedad crónica con un abordaje complejo y responsable de múltiples comorbilidades, nos lleva a la necesidad de implementar estrategias de coordinación en la asistencia clínica entre Atención Primaria y las Unidades Especializadas Hospitalarias. En un modelo asistencial transversal, el médico de Atención Primaria constituye el eje conductor de todo el abordaje terapéutico relacionado con la obesidad. Junto a él, el especialista en Endocrinología y Nutrición y otros profesionales sanitarios ayudan a definir una Unidad funcional centrada en la obesidad. El objetivo principal de este documento es mejorar la coordinación entre niveles asistenciales en el tratamiento de la obesidad, para optimizar recursos, evitar la creación de falsas expectativas en los pacientes y mejorar su seguimiento al alta hospitalaria
The high prevalence of obesity in our environment, a chronic disease of complex management and responsible for multiple comorbidities, requires the implementation of coordination strategies in clinical care between primary care and specialist hospital units. In a cross-sectional care model, primary care physicians guide all therapeutic management related to obesity. Together with them, specialists in endocrinology and nutrition and other health staff help to form a functional unit that focuses on obesity. The main goal of this document is to improve the coordination between care levels, to optimize resources, avoid patients' unrealistic expectations and improve patient follow-up after discharge from hospital