Support Group Meeting Attendance is Associated with Better Weight Loss
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Background Support group meetings (SGM) are assumed to be an integral part of success after bariatric surgery. This investigation studies the effect of SGM on weight loss as well as factors associated with attendance of SGM. It is our hypothesis that patients who attend SGM (ASGM) lose more weight than those patients who do not attend SGM (NASGM). Methods Postoperative bariatric patients completed a questionnaire regarding their opinions of SGM. Change in body mass index (BMI) was computed for each patient. The patients were then divided into two groups: ASGM and NASGM for data comparison. Results There were 46 patients in the investigation. Patients in the NASGM group tended to feel that SGM are not needed after bariatric surgery compared to the ASGM group (5.29 vs. 7.06; p = 0.07). Patients in the NASGM group tended to feel that they would lose the same amount of weight with or without attending SGM compared to the ASGM group (5.67 vs. 7.38; p = 0.07). There were no differences in distance to clinic nor in time to clinic between both groups. Gastric bypass patients in the ASGM group had a statistically significantly higher percent decrease in BMI than the patients in the NASGM group (42% vs. 32%; p Conclusion Patients in the ASGM group lose more weight than patients in the NASGM group. The importance of attending SGM should be incorporated in preoperative patient counseling and encouraged during postoperative follow-up visits.
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Non-attenders were marginally (p = 0.07) more likely than attenders to think that support groups would have no effect on weight loss and to think that support groups are not needed post-surgery.
“although non‐attenders were marginally (p = 0.07) more likely than attenders to think that support groups would have no effect on weight loss and to think that support groups are not needed post‐surgery.”
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“Although there are benefits associated with support groups, patients also state travel distance to the bariatric program (Hildebrandt, 1998) or family demands (Orth et al., 2008) are barriers that make attendance in groups a demanding commitment, which providers should keep in mind.”
BackgroundWeight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery and Revisional Surgery
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“In comparison to previous studies concerning gastric bypass, Kaiser et al. (2011) found LAGB patients to have a relationship between support group attendance and weight loss (Elakkary et al., 2006; Orth et al., 2008; & Song et al., 2008).”
BackgroundResultInfluential31 Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Nutritional Management After Surgery
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Background
- Authors
- Orth, W. S., Madan, A. K., Taddeucci, R. J., Coday, M., & Tichansky, D. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Lincoln University - California (US)
- Corresponding author
- Madan, Atul K.
- Venue
- Obesity Surgery
- Published
- 2008-02-20
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 391-394
- ISSN
- 0960-8923 (ISSN-L)
- 1708-0428
- OpenAlex
- W2077586890
- Cited by
- 106
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Obesity Surgery (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Body Contouring and Surgery
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Keywords
- bariatric surgery
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Obesity, Morbid, Patient Compliance, Self-Help Groups, Cohort Studies, Weight Loss, Body Mass Index, Treatment Outcome, Health Care Surveys, Bariatric Surgery
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