Weight regain in patients post bariatric surgery.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
What factors seem to influence whether or not someone weight regains following bariatric surgery? A mixed methods study.
IRAS ID
185928
Contact name
Jennifer James
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospital Aintree NHSFT
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 28 days
Research summary
The title for this study is: What factors seem to influence whether or not someone weight regains following bariatric surgery? A mixed methods approach.
Levels of obesity in the United Kingdom are increasing and as a result more people are accessing NHS weight management clinics and some patients are undergoing bariatric surgery to help them lose weight. Unfortunately, following surgery some people find it difficult to maintain their new lower weight and as a result end up regaining some or all of the weight that they have lost. As bariatric surgery is permanent, and often the final treatment option for patients who are severely obese, it is important to find out why some people do not do as well as others in the longer term.
Patients who have had weight loss surgery but subsequently weight regained will be asked to participate in this study. Patients who agree will be asked to come to Aintree Hospital NHS Foundation trust, away from the clinical area, and answer some questions about themselves including their age, occupation and smoking status. They will then be asked to complete three validated questionnaires that ask about deprivation, quality of life and current activity levels. Once this has been done, they will then be interviewed, using semi-structured interviews that will be voice recorded and transcribed. It is estimated that this process will take up-to two and a half hours.
Two groups of patients currently under the care of Aintree weight management services have been involved in helping to design this study and the interview questions. One group comprised patients considering weight loss surgery, while the other consisted of patients who had already had surgery. Both groups said they felt this was an important research area.REC name
London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/1638
Date of REC Opinion
18 Sep 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion