Obese older adults report high satisfaction and positive experiences with care

Table 4 Questions relating to attentiveness to care

	Underweight	Normal weight^a	Overweight	Obese
In the last 6 months, did your personal doctor or any other provider ask you to do the following to help manage this health condition
Check your weight regularly	14.0%	14.0%	20.3%**	30.6%**
Check your blood sugar regularly	9.3%*	11.7%	17.2%**	28.1%**
Exercise or do specific physical activities	27.5%**	34.5%	41.7%**	49.0%**
Check your blood pressure regularly	31.0%	31.2%	36.9%**	41.1%**
Avoid particular foods	14.9%*	19.3%	23.6%**	29.1%**
Eat particular foods	11.1%*	14.9%	16.5%**	21.2%**
Go to a particular group or class	2.3%	2.4%	2.5%	3.9%**
Read a booklet or watch a video about this condition	2.1%	2.2%	2.4%	2.8%*
Take prescription medicine	64.5%	63.9%	67.6%**	74.1%**
In the last 6 months, how many times did you visit your personal doctor to get care for yourself?
None	14.3%	14.5%	12.1%**	9.9%**
1	27.7%*	31.3%	30.6%	27.2%**
2	24.8%	23.7%	26.6%**	28.2%**
3 or more	23.1%	23.4%	24.9%*	29.6%**

^aResults are prior to adjustments for survey non-response bias. Visit frequency was adjusted for in the outcomes analyses.
Results were similar after adjustments but are not shown for brevity.
Statistically significant according to Chi-square test relative to normal weight group at *p < 0.05 and **p < 001, respectively.

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