Health Tourism in Bariatric Surgery

İlke Dolgun

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Anxiety

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06694831

hakan health tourism

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to examine whether patients who come to our country for bariatric surgery via health tourism have any concerns during this process, and if they do, to determine the level of their concerns through psychometric tests, to determine the reasons for their concerns (is it related to travel, going to another country, hospital, surgery, etc.) and whether their concerns decrease after the surgery.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who came to our country through health tourism
• Patients with indications for bariatric surgery
• Patients over the age of 18

Exclusion criteria

• Patients under 18 years of age
• Patients with psychiatric, neurological diseases or mental retardation that prevent them from completing psychometric tests
• Patients with bariatric surgery indications other than health tourism
• Patients who do not agree to participate in the study