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Healthcare professionals (HCPs) significantly overestimate patient fear of injectable weight loss medications, leading to under-prescription of these effective treatments.
Doctors often assume patients hate needles, but many don't. If you are open to injections, tell your doctor. They may not be offering them because they think you'll refuse, not because you actually will.
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While most patients reported relatively low needle fear, physicians reported relatively high perceived patient needle fear.
Why this rating
Directly observed in the study's DCE results comparing patient self-report vs HCP perception.
Source
Patient and Healthcare Professional Preferences for Prescription Weight Loss Medications in Australia: Two Discrete Choice Experiments
Simon Fifer et al. · Patient Preference and Adherence · 2024
cross_sectional · n=297Cited 2×
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