Multivitamin Adherence Following Bariatric Surgery

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Weekly Internet surveys

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02124889

IRB00027050

Details and patient eligibility

About

Additional micronutrient supplementation is required due to the changes in the gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology following bariatric surgery along with decreased dietary intake and rapid weight loss. Good adherence to post-operative vitamins is essential to maintain healthy vitamin levels in the body following bariatric surgery. The hypothesis of this study is that patients receiving a weekly survey intervention will have better adherence to post-operative vitamins.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Planning to undergo a Roux En Y Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy at Wake Forest Baptist Health

Exclusion criteria

• Admission for a psychiatric event in the past year
• History of nausea and/or significant complaint of post-operative nausea
• History of stricture and/or significant complaint of post-operative stricture
• History of ulcer and/or significant complaint of post-operative ulcer
• History of major depression or psychiatric disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Weekly surveys

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will take the multivitamin, and will also receive weekly Internet surveys asking them questions about the multivitamin treatment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Weekly Internet surveys

No Survey

No Intervention group

Description:

Subjects will take the multivitamin.