Multidisciplinary Approach and Counseling of the Obese Patient Before and After Bariatric Surgery

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity

• Registration Number: NCT02156830
• Lead Sponsor: KU Leuven

Brief Summary

The project consists of qualitative interviews with all the members of the obesity team (endocrinologist, bariatric surgeon, dietician, psychologist,..) in different Flemish hospitals. These interviews have the aim to gain insight into the current practice about counseling patients with bariatric surgery, with a focus on medication counseling. This will make it possible to assess the strengths and weaknesses in the current practice of obese patients who will undergo and have undergone bariatric surgery.

Detailed Description

The project consists of qualitative interviews with all the members of the obesity team (endocrinologist, bariatric surgeon, dietician, psychologist,..) in different Flemish hospitals. These interviews have the aim to gain insight into the current practice about counseling patients with bariatric surgery, with a focus on medication counseling. We will do a benchmarking and also qualitative analyses of the interviews using Nvivo 10.

This will make it possible to assess the strengths and weaknesses in the current practice of obese patients who will undergo and have undergone bariatric surgery.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-08
• Study First Submitted: 2013-08-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2014-06-05
• Primary Completion: 2014-08
• Study Completion: 2014-08
• Status Verified: 2015-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-02-04
• Last Update Posted: 2015-02-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

• All the members of the obesity team should be prepared to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference between multidisciplinary approach in bariatric surgery population in Flanders and the guidelines	The interviews will be performed once	We will do a benchmarking and a qualitative research to give an overview of the counseling of obese patients before and after bariatric surgery and to identify the barriers of to a multidisciplinary approach in the counseling of bariatric surgery.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ina Gesquiere; 🇧🇪 Leuven, Belgium