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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had far reaching consequences on the health and well-being of the general public. Evidence from previous pandemics suggest that bariatric patients may experience increased emotional distress and difficulty adhering to healthy lifestyle...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7892317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33610640 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105166 |
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author | Youssef, Alaa Cassin, Stephanie E. Wnuk, Susan Leung, Samantha Jackson, Timothy Sockalingam, Sanjeev |
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description | BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had far reaching consequences on the health and well-being of the general public. Evidence from previous pandemics suggest that bariatric patients may experience increased emotional distress and difficulty adhering to healthy lifestyle changes post-surgery. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine the impact of the novel COVID-19 public health crisis on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery. METHOD: In a nested-qualitative study, semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 23 post-operative bariatric patients who had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) at a Canadian Bariatric Surgery Program between 2014 and 2020. A constant comparative approach was used to systematically analyze the data and identify the overarching themes. RESULTS: Participants (n = 23) had a mean age of (48.82 ± 10.03) years and most were female (n = 19). The median time post-surgery was 2 years (range: 6 months–7 years). Themes describing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patients’ post-bariatric surgery self-management included: coping with COVID-19; vulnerability factors and physical isolation; resiliency factors during pandemic; and valuing access to support by virtual care. The need for patients to access post-operative bariatric care during COVID-19 differed based on gender and socioeconomic status. CONCLUSION: This study showed that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted patients’ ability to self-manage obesity and their mental health in a variety of ways. These findings suggest that patients may experience unique psychological distress and challenges requiring personalized care strategies to improve obesity self-care and overall well-being. |
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spelling | pubmed-78923172021-02-19 The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery Youssef, Alaa Cassin, Stephanie E. Wnuk, Susan Leung, Samantha Jackson, Timothy Sockalingam, Sanjeev Appetite Article BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had far reaching consequences on the health and well-being of the general public. Evidence from previous pandemics suggest that bariatric patients may experience increased emotional distress and difficulty adhering to healthy lifestyle changes post-surgery. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine the impact of the novel COVID-19 public health crisis on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery. METHOD: In a nested-qualitative study, semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 23 post-operative bariatric patients who had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) at a Canadian Bariatric Surgery Program between 2014 and 2020. A constant comparative approach was used to systematically analyze the data and identify the overarching themes. RESULTS: Participants (n = 23) had a mean age of (48.82 ± 10.03) years and most were female (n = 19). The median time post-surgery was 2 years (range: 6 months–7 years). Themes describing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patients’ post-bariatric surgery self-management included: coping with COVID-19; vulnerability factors and physical isolation; resiliency factors during pandemic; and valuing access to support by virtual care. The need for patients to access post-operative bariatric care during COVID-19 differed based on gender and socioeconomic status. CONCLUSION: This study showed that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted patients’ ability to self-manage obesity and their mental health in a variety of ways. These findings suggest that patients may experience unique psychological distress and challenges requiring personalized care strategies to improve obesity self-care and overall well-being. Elsevier Ltd. 2021-07-01 2021-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7892317/ /pubmed/33610640 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105166 Text en © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Youssef, Alaa Cassin, Stephanie E. Wnuk, Susan Leung, Samantha Jackson, Timothy Sockalingam, Sanjeev The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery |
title | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery |
title_full | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery |
title_fullStr | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery |
title_short | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7892317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33610640 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105166 |
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