Development of a Weight Maintenance Intervention for Bariatric Surgery Patients
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Obesity, Morbid
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Enrollment
- 33
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Retention Rate
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Although bariatric surgery is highly effective for inducing significant weight loss and resolution of comorbidities, weight regain following surgery is a common problem. This pilot study will test the feasibility and acceptability of an intervention designed to help bariatric surgery patients maintain weight loss. Findings from this pilot will provide the foundation for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention.
Detailed Description
The first intervention telephone call will occur one week following the baseline assessment. Calls will be made weekly in the first month (weeks 1, 2, 3, 4) and biweekly calls during months 2-4 (weeks 6, 8, 10, 12, 14). The goal of this intervention is to increase adherence to recommendations that patients are already receiving from their bariatric team as part of standard of care. Thus, each call will address maintenance skill building and anticipatory problem solving based on the processes outlined in the investigators' conceptual model and operationalized in the investigators' previous weight loss maintenance protocol. Relapse prevention planning will help patients identify situations in which overeating is common in the bariatric population (e.g., loss of control eating related to emotions, disinhibition).
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Bariatric surgery at a participating VA site
- •Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy (SG) six to 18 months prior to the time of data pull
- •English as preferred language
- •Regular access to a telephone
Exclusion Criteria
- •Receipt of procedure to prevent gastric cancer
- •Revisional bariatric surgery
- •Hearing impairment
- •Cancer not in remission
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Retention Rate
Time Frame: 16-week outcome assessment
Percentage of patients with baseline data who complete 16-week outcome assessments
Recruitment Rate
Time Frame: week 0
Percentage of contacted patients who consent to be in the study
Secondary Outcomes
- Weight(16 weeks)