The Long Term Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Quality of Life

Ascension St. Vincent Carmel Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Procedure: Bariatric surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01722279

10070 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary purpose of this study is to examine the breadth, nature, and factors affecting the long term changes in physical and psychological health and quality of life (QOL) following bariatric surgery. Data will be gathered via electronic survey (SurveyMonkey), postal mail, or phone, or using a standardized questionnaire expected to last 25-35 minutes. Archival data available from patient medical records will also be gathered.

Full description

Information from existing databases and medical records will be used to obtain a list of phone numbers for persons who had roux-en-y bariatric surgery at the SVBCE five or more years ago at the St. Vincent Bariatric Center of Excellence (SVBCE. The interview includes scripts that the caller will use to recruit subjects in either direct conversation, in voice mail or by leaving a message. Recruitment will cease after 400 complete post pilot interviews are obtained.

The interview covers topics related to physical and psychological health and quality of life. The number of questions asked will vary from subject to subject since some questions are asked only if a prior question is answered affirmatively. For example, if a subject responds "yes" when asked "have you had plastic surgery?" the subject is then asked what type of procedure they had. The topics covered are as follows: weight, current health, post surgery complications, relationships, work, cross addiction, mental health, diet, television viewing, exercise, and life satisfaction.

Enrollment: 414 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Bariatric surgery patients of the St. Vincent Bariatric Center of Excellence who had surgery at least 5 years before the survey was administered.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients having bariatric surgery at facilities other than St. Vincent Bariatric Center.
• Patients who had bariatric surgery less than 5 years before the survey period.

Trial design

414 participants in 1 patient group

Bariatric surgery patients, at least 5 years post-surgery

Description:

Survey participants had bariatric surgery at the St. Vincent Bariatric Center of Excellence at least 5 years before completing survey.

Treatment:

Procedure: Bariatric surgery