Patients’ Experiences Post Gastric By-Pass Surgery
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Role of Attachment and Social Support in Patients’ Experiences Post Gastric By-Pass Surgery
IRAS ID
182083
Contact name
Nathan Faulkner
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Metanoia
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 0 days
Research summary
The UK has the third highest rates of overweight or obesity in Europe with 67% of men and 57% of women aged over 20 years either overweight or obese (Ng et al, 2014). In response to this situation weight-loss surgery is now regarded as the most effective treatment for individuals who are obese (NICE, 2014). As well as providing a physical limitation to the amount an individual can eat, reducing the need for the individual to voluntarily restrict their own eating behaviour, all weight loss surgery procedures require individuals to comply with various lifestyle changes alongside regular follow-up appointments (Wimmelmann et al, 2014). Despite weight loss surgery’s successes, approximately 20% of patients fail to benefit significantly following surgery and between 20-30% regain some if not all of their weight two years post-surgery (Magro et al, 2008). One factor shown to influence patients’ engagement with support post-surgery is their attachment style, the individual’s expectations about the availability and responsiveness of others when seeking help. Recent research suggest that whilst some attachment patterns are associated with an increased willingness to engage with support, attachment avoidance actually reduces the likelihood of such help-seeking behaviour (Vogel and Wei, 2005).
The current research aims to explore patients’ experience post gastric by-pass surgery. As part of this patients attachment styles will be included as a possible influence in help-seeking behaviour during the first 12-months post-surgery. Involvement in this study will consist of completing two brief questionnaires and taking part in a single semi-structured interview with the researcher lasting 90 minutes. Eligibility for involvement will be patients’ undergoing gastric by-pass surgery at least 12 months prior to involvement in the research. Between six and eight participants will be recruited for this study from a specialist bariatric service in the south of England.REC name
West of Scotland REC 5
REC reference
15/WS/0273
Date of REC Opinion
24 Nov 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion