Bilan des enquêtes 2012, 2013 et 2014 de l'Observatoire national français des centres spécialisés de l'obésité (oNCSO)

Abstract

Objective and methodThe French Obesity Plan enabled the creation of 37 Specialized Obesity Centers (CSOs) in 2012 to ensure a dual mission, the multidisciplinary management of severe or complex obesity and the organization of care channels in the regions. This report takes stock of the first three years of operation of the CSOs, based on the data collected by the National Observatory of CSOs (oNCSO), set up by the General Directorate of Hospitalization and Care. ResultsThe overall results were positive for access to paraclinical examinations, although all CSOs did not have a biphotonic absorptiometer (DEXA) or calorimetry. The CSOs were initially developing links with the 12 sectors of care studied by the oNCSO, with some weaknesses including psychiatry. The survey did not make it possible to take stock of the real numbers of the actual workforce of the CSOs, given the large number of outliers. All responding CSOs reported having obese-oriented therapeutic education programs for the medical, surgical, and pediatric sectors. The activities of CSOs in medicine, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics were heterogeneous. In 2014, about 25-30% of all bariatric surgery procedures were performed in the CSOs in France. On average, CSOs received about 2500 severely obese adult patients in day care or in-patient care for the medical sector. The results suggested a certain fragility of the pathways of obstetric gynecology and the pediatric pathways. ConclusionThis declarative survey, despite many limitations, shows however that CSOs have taken an important place in the French care system.