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Wellness Program Within Primary Health Care: How to Avoid “No Show” to Planned Appointments? – A Patient-Centred Care Perspective Cover

Wellness Program Within Primary Health Care: How to Avoid “No Show” to Planned Appointments? – A Patient-Centred Care Perspective

Open Access
|Apr 2021

Figures & Tables

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Figure 1

Flowchart of the study’s methodology.

Table 1

Distribution of participants according to demographic, anthropometric, and medical characteristics.

Total sample (n = 50)Male (n = 13)Female (n = 37)
Demographic and anthropometric characteristics
Mean +/– SD
Age (years)49.9 ± 12.5660.83 ± 6.5845.53 ± 11.75
Height (m)1.61 ± 0.081.68 ± 0.081.70 ± 0.09
Weight (kg)75.06 ± 1594 ± 1375 ± 12
BMI (kg/m2)28.66 ± 3.5127.6 ± 3.230.3 ± 3.2
Number (%)
Age ≥ 50 years25 (50)15 (60)10 (40)
Corpulence StatusUnderweight
Normal weight6 (12)3 (50)3 (50)
Overweight27 (54)10 (37)17 (623)
Obesity level 114 (8)6 (43)8 (57)
Obesity level 23 (6)3 (100)
Obesity level 3
Medical profile
Hypertensive20 (40)13 (65)7 (35)
Dyslipidaemia23 (46)10 (43)13 (57)
Diabetes mellitus25 (50)13 (52)12 (48)
Bone and articular disease10 (20)4 (40)6 (60)
Thyroid diseases12 (24)12 (100)
Obesity17 (34)6 (35)11 (65)
CVS risk stratification
Low20 (40)12 (60)8 (40)
Moderate29 (58)15 (52)14 (48)
High1 (2)1 (100)
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Figure 2

Completion rate of 12-week Wellness program pre- and post-implementation of the appointment reminder system.

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Figure 3

Completion rate of 12-week wellness program- gender comparison.

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Figure 4

Result of patient satisfaction survey on the appointment reminder system.

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Figure 5

Overall patient satisfaction of the appointment reminder system.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.90 | Journal eISSN: 2515-2270
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 10, 2021
Accepted on: Mar 22, 2021
Published on: Apr 16, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Sarah Musa, Wadha Al Baker, Hissa Al Muraikhi, Deborah Nazareno, Abdullah Al Naama, Ismail Dergaa, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.