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Effects of Participation in Bariatric Support Group After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Hildebrandt, Sallie E.·1998·Obesity Surgery
DOI 10.1381/096089298765554115
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Background Support group is a service provided by Pacific Bariatric Surgical Medical Group to its gastric bypass patients before and after surgery. It has already been well established that group therapy helps breast cancer patients survive longer.Methods 102 patients answered self-report questionnaires that were mailed out in the spring 1998 newsletter. The questionnaire was designed to investigate weight loss, mood, postsurgical problems, and the reasons patients chose not to attend the support group meetings.Results The mean preoperative weight was 303.65 lb (137.73 kg), with a mean weight loss of 95.79 lb (43.45 kg). The mean desired goal weight was 152.47 lb (69.16 kg), and there was a 63.3% loss of excess weight. The mean elapsed time since surgery was 15.2 months. After surgery, 25.5% of patients reported seeing a mental health professional. There was no difference in mood between group meeting attenders and nonattenders. There was a statistical trend for more weight loss (P = .08) in group attenders than in nonattenders. For group attenders, the more often patients attended group meetings, the more weight they lost (P < .05). Patients with reported emotional, psychosocial, dietary, and lifestyle problems were no more likely to attend group than nonattenders.Conclusions The mean weight loss was as good as or better than reported in the literature. Patients who attended group meetings regularly tended to lose more weight, and increased frequency of attendance was associated with greater weight loss. The implications are discussed.

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  • Self-reported mood (both pre- and post-operative) as well as emotional or psychosocial problems were not significantly associated with support group attendance.

    “Another study of RYGB patients found that self‐reported mood (both pre‐ and post‐operative) as well as emotional or psychosocial problems (operationalized as psychiatric treatment‐seeking and use of psychotropic medications after surgery) were not significantly associated with support group attendance. 43”

    From Psychological predictors of adherence to lifestyle changes after bariatric surgery: A systematic review (2024) · cites this paper as [43]

  • The latter two studies had relatively low ratings (3/8) on the measure of study quality.

    “Note, however, that the latter two studies had relatively low ratings (3/8) on the measure of study quality.”

    From Psychological predictors of adherence to lifestyle changes after bariatric surgery: A systematic review (2024) · cites this paper as [43]

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Authors
Hildebrandt, S. E.
Corresponding author
Hildebrandt, Sallie E.
Venue
Obesity Surgery
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1998-10-01
Volume
8
Issue
5
Pages
535-542
ISSN
  • 0960-8923 (ISSN-L)
  • 1708-0428
DOI
10.1381/096089298765554115
OpenAlex
W2007607282
Cited by
75
References
24
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 5
FWCI
0.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Morbid, Patient Compliance, Psychology, Social, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Gastric Bypass, Weight Loss, Chi-Square Distribution

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