The Impact of Lifedoc Health’s Multidisciplinary Team Approach on Cardiometabolic Risk Profile in a Multiracial Cohort of Adults with Obesity: A 1-year Exploratory Pilot Study
Pedro A. Velásquez-Mieyer1, Ramfis Nieto-Martínez1,2,3, Andrés Velásquez-Rodríguez4, Claudia Neira1, Xichen Mou5, Andres Neira1, Gabriela Garcia1, Pedro Velásquez-Rodríguez1,6, Marian Levy5,
1 Lifedoc Health, Memphis, TN, US.
2 Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
3Foundation for Clinic, Public Health, and Epidemiology Research of Venezuela (FISPEVEN INC), Barquisimeto, Venezuela
4 LifeDOC Research, Memphis, TN, US
5 School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, US.
6 DarSalud Management, Memphis, TN, US
Current Address: 1068 Cresthaven Rd, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38119.
Phone: 901-683-0024
Fax number: 901-683-0028.
Email: pvelasquez@lifedochealth.org
Short Title: Multidisciplinary approach on cardiometabolic risk
Keywords: Multidisciplinary, obesity, risk factors, body mass index, cardiometabolic
Conflicts of interest: Non declared.
Contribution of Authors: RNM designed the statistical analysis, participated in manuscript writing, discussion, and review. PVM and CN designed the clinical MDT protocol, coordinated its implementation and interventions, directed the data collection and contributed to the drafting, analytical design, discussion and review, PVR directed the implementation of care coordination and patient engagement protocols, participated in data collection and contributed in the review; AN implemented lifestyle counselling, XM contributed to analysis plan and performed the statistical analysis, ML contributed to the discussion and reviewed, AVR managed data aggregation/quality, contributed to the drafting, analytical design, discussion and review; GG coordinated the implementation of the protocols and contributed to data collection and formatting.
Word count: 4,888 with tables (without references)
Number of Tables : 4
Number of Figures: 1
Number of References: 24
Journal : International Journal of Clinical Practice.Total words 5,000 (flexible)