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Post Surgical Review of Bariatric Surgery Patients: A Feasibility Study of Multidisciplinary Follow Up Using Videoconferencing

BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery is an effective means of managing weight and reducing medical co-morbidities in the obese patient. However, psychological difficulties are common and adequate multidisciplinary support is vital for post-surgical success. Videoconferencing is potentially a vehicle for th...

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Autores principales: Morrow, Emma, Bruce, Duff Morrison, Bruce, Elizabeth, Dorrian, Cathy, Sim, Fiona
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21559231
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901107010084
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author Morrow, Emma
Bruce, Duff Morrison
Bruce, Elizabeth
Dorrian, Cathy
Sim, Fiona
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description BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery is an effective means of managing weight and reducing medical co-morbidities in the obese patient. However, psychological difficulties are common and adequate multidisciplinary support is vital for post-surgical success. Videoconferencing is potentially a vehicle for the delivery of support to patients residing in remote areas. METHODS: Ten patients were invited to attend a videolink session utilising videoconferencing technology to allow clinicians to connect audio-visually with patients from two remote locations. Seven patients attended. A Consultant Surgeon, Clinical Psychologist and Specialist Dietitian reviewed the patients. Patients and clinicians completed a post-session evaluation questionnaire and commented on their experience. RESULTS: The videolink session was evaluated as acceptable and useful to both patients and clinicians. Patients and clinicians were satisfied with the user-friendliness of the technology. CONCLUSION: Videolink technology may be a viable and accessible means of delivering specialist multidisciplinary input to bariatric patients. Further research is necessary.
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spelling pubmed-30890272011-05-10 Post Surgical Review of Bariatric Surgery Patients: A Feasibility Study of Multidisciplinary Follow Up Using Videoconferencing Morrow, Emma Bruce, Duff Morrison Bruce, Elizabeth Dorrian, Cathy Sim, Fiona Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health Article BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery is an effective means of managing weight and reducing medical co-morbidities in the obese patient. However, psychological difficulties are common and adequate multidisciplinary support is vital for post-surgical success. Videoconferencing is potentially a vehicle for the delivery of support to patients residing in remote areas. METHODS: Ten patients were invited to attend a videolink session utilising videoconferencing technology to allow clinicians to connect audio-visually with patients from two remote locations. Seven patients attended. A Consultant Surgeon, Clinical Psychologist and Specialist Dietitian reviewed the patients. Patients and clinicians completed a post-session evaluation questionnaire and commented on their experience. RESULTS: The videolink session was evaluated as acceptable and useful to both patients and clinicians. Patients and clinicians were satisfied with the user-friendliness of the technology. CONCLUSION: Videolink technology may be a viable and accessible means of delivering specialist multidisciplinary input to bariatric patients. Further research is necessary. Bentham Open 2011-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3089027/ /pubmed/21559231 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901107010084 Text en © Morrow et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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title_short Post Surgical Review of Bariatric Surgery Patients: A Feasibility Study of Multidisciplinary Follow Up Using Videoconferencing
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21559231
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901107010084
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