Semi-supervised Exercise Program Before Bariatric Surgery

Hospital General Universitario Elche

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Bariatric Surgery; Morbid Obesity; Exercise

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03975244

HRJC-19_Ex.Bar

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: Patients awaiting bariatric surgery, apart from suffering higher BMI, show a large number of comorbidities and a low physical fitness. These factors are associated with a longer surgery time, a longer hospital stay and a greater number of operative complications. To reduce these disadvantages, a nutritional intervention is performed to reduce total weight and the comorbidities associated with obesity prior to surgery. However, the prescription of an exercise program, which can be an effective tool to improve these factors, is not usually part of the usual care of these patients.

Objective: To know the effects of a semi-supervised exercise program on body composition, cardiovascular risk factors and operative complications in bariatric patients.

Methods: Approximately 3 months before surgery, 60 patients awaiting bariatric surgery will be recruited. Patients will be randomized into two groups: a) an experimental group (n = 30); b) a control group (n = 30). The experimental group will perform a semi-supervised exercise program, while the control group will only perform the corresponding evaluations. Both groups will be assessed for body composition, cardiovascular risk factors, physical condition, quality of life and physical activity levels at the beginning and at the end of the intervention. In addition, surgery time, hospital length of stay and operative complications will be evaluated in both groups.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 20-55 years.
• All patients awaiting bariatric surgery.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with chronic respiratory diseases
• Patients with cardiovascular diseases
• Inability to perform exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Three months of semi-supervised exercise program in patients awaiting bariatric surgery. Body composition, cardiovascular risk factors, physical fitness, physical activity levels and quality of life will be assessed before and at the end of the study. In addition, surgery time, hospital length of stay and operative complications also will be evaluated.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise program

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group only will perform the evaluations of the study.