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EASO COM Application Form
* Indicates a required field
Name of Institution:*
Address*
Town/City:*
Country*
Website:
Lead Contact:*
Position of Lead Contact:*
Are you a member of your National Association
Telephone:*
Email*
Date of Submission:
DD slash MM slash YYYY

EASO COM Requirements
* Indicates a required field
General Requirements
Patients: Outline patient profile and selection procedure.
Number of patients with obesity seen per annum*
Number of new patients with obesity seen per annum*
Number of patients with obesity, BMI > 40, seen per annum*
What percentage of bariatric surgeries are performed in relation to the number of patients with obesity seen per annum?*
Number of children/adolescents with obesity seen per annum*
Provide any specific cases: Rare diseases*
Facility Location: Outline facilities and geographical distribution of sites.
Is the facility a Centre or Clinic?
-within a university hospital*
-within a general hospital*
-within a larger department. If yes, give details.*
larger department details
Number of beds dedicated to obesity*
Number of weekly clinics dedicated to obesity*
Outline contacts with paediatric team*
Staff Specifications: Give overview of all staff involved in the delivery of the Obesity Management service. Are all staff members of the relevant EASO National Association?
Number of MDs in the department involved in obesity management*
Provide names, medical speciality and email address.
Number of staff with specialist certification in obesity management (give details of the certification)*
Provide names, email address and details of the certification.
Number of Dietitians*
Provide names and email address.
Number of Psychologists*
Provide names and email address.
Number of Physical educators*
Provide names and email address.
Links to GPs: Outline Patient Referral Pathway.*
Links to other Medical/Health Services and Facilities: Outline all relevant systems and structured links within your organisation and with other disciplines external to your organisation.*

EASO COM Requirements
* Indicates a required field
Equipment and tools appropriate for patients with obesity
Tool (Essential)
Appropriate cuffs for blood pressure measurement (>34cm)
Appropriate cuffs for blood pressure measurement (>34cm)
- Yes
Comment
Scales with adequate weight capacity (> 200 kg)
Scales with adequate weight capacity (> 200 kg)
- Yes
Comment
Armless chairs, high firm sofas in waiting rooms
Armless chairs, high firm sofas in waiting rooms
- Yes
Comment
Wide examination tables
Wide examination tables
- Yes
Comment
Beds for patients with obesity >200kg
Beds for patients with obesity >200kg
- Yes
Comment
Stretchers adapted to persons with obesity
Stretchers adapted to persons with obesity
- Yes
Comment
Sleep apnoea assessment on site or at affiliated facilities.
Sleep apnoea assessment on site or at affiliated facilities.
- Yes
Comment
Questionnaires concerning depression, eating attitudes and disorders, physical activity, quality of life (QOL). What specific questionnaires/standardised tests are used for QOL, eating disorders, etc.?
- Yes
Comment
Access to accredited hormonal and molecular genetics laboratories
Access to accredited hormonal and molecular genetics laboratories
- Yes
Comment
Access to additional relevant diagnostic procedures adapted to the persons with obesity, such as:
X-ray
X-ray
- Yes
Comment
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
- Yes
Comment
CT and NMR Scanning
CT and NMR Scanning
- Yes
Comment
Endoscopy
Endoscopy
- Yes
Comment
Cardiac and Pulmonary Assessment
Cardiac and Pulmonary Assessment
- Yes
Comment
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear Medicine
- Yes
Comment
Tool (Recommended)
Pedometers
Pedometers
- Yes
Comment
Skinfold calipers
Skinfold calipers
- Yes
Comment
Body composition analysis [Bio-impedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)]
Body composition analysis [Bio-impedance, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)]
- Yes
Comment
Indirect calorimetry
Indirect calorimetry
- Yes
Comment
Tool (Optimal)
Hydrodensitometry
Hydrodensitometry
- Yes
Comment
Air displacement plethysmography
Air displacement plethysmography
- Yes
Comment

EASO COM Requirements
* Indicates a required field
Additional Requirements
Treatment Modalities: Outline your Institution’s spectrum of clinically proven treatment options (to include the treatment of complications).*
For example, what are the treatment modalities used in your service, what evidence underpins their use and describe whether your centre provides group/ individual treatments, or both and whether delivered in person/digitally or both?
Educational Tools: Outline the educational opportunities and options offered by your Institution.*
Affiliation with an accredited Bariatric Surgery Centre: Outline the scope and nature of any such affiliations.*
Data Collection and Management: Outline your Institution’s data collection and management systems.*
Education and Training and Research: Outline your Institution’s post-graduate training programmes and research capabilities/projects.*
Please provide references for any work you have published on treatment at your centre.

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