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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Patient’s Decision about Bariatric Surgery: Results of a National Survey

Background: the COVID-19 pandemic and the implemented restrictions have changed the functioning of healthcare systems worldwide. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of the present epidemiological situation on patients’ decisions about undergoing weight loss surgery. Methods: data wer...

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Autores principales: Walędziak, Maciej, Różańska-Walędziak, Anna, Bartnik, Paweł, Kacperczyk-Bartnik, Joanna, Kwiatkowski, Andrzej, Janik, Michał, Kowalewski, Piotr, Major, Piotr
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8399647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34440962
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080756
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author Walędziak, Maciej
Różańska-Walędziak, Anna
Bartnik, Paweł
Kacperczyk-Bartnik, Joanna
Kwiatkowski, Andrzej
Janik, Michał
Kowalewski, Piotr
Major, Piotr
author_facet Walędziak, Maciej
Różańska-Walędziak, Anna
Bartnik, Paweł
Kacperczyk-Bartnik, Joanna
Kwiatkowski, Andrzej
Janik, Michał
Kowalewski, Piotr
Major, Piotr
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description Background: the COVID-19 pandemic and the implemented restrictions have changed the functioning of healthcare systems worldwide. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of the present epidemiological situation on patients’ decisions about undergoing weight loss surgery. Methods: data were collected from 906 bariatric patients by the means of a national online survey, the majority of whom were women (87.9%). The survey started on 9 April 2020 and was open until 28 April 2020. The questionnaire included multiple choice and open questions, divided into three chapters: general information about the patient, life during the COVID-19 pandemic, and bariatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: despite the pandemic and the associated risk of COVID-19 infection, 443 responders (48.9%) would have decided to undergo bariatric surgery. Awareness of the negative impact of obesity on the course of COVID-19 illness had only marginable impact on patients’ decision-making (76.6% vs. 75.3%; p < 0.80). Contact with COVID-19 prior to the survey had a negative impact on the willingness to undergo bariatric surgery (3.0% vs. 4.4%; p < 0.55). There was a positive correlation between the BMI and preference for bariatric surgery in the time of the pandemic (37.4 ± 9.0 vs. 34.9 ± 8.7; p < 0.001). Conclusions: the level of awareness about the advantages of operative treatment of obesity is high among bariatric patients. The majority of patients awaiting bariatric surgery at the moment of the survey were positive about undergoing bariatric surgery despite the increased risk of a serious course of COVID-19 infection. Therefore, a large proportion of patients was determined to have bariatric treatment even during the pandemic, being aware of the increased risk of worse pace of COVID-19 disease in case of obesity and related diseases.
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spelling pubmed-83996472021-08-29 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Patient’s Decision about Bariatric Surgery: Results of a National Survey Walędziak, Maciej Różańska-Walędziak, Anna Bartnik, Paweł Kacperczyk-Bartnik, Joanna Kwiatkowski, Andrzej Janik, Michał Kowalewski, Piotr Major, Piotr Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background: the COVID-19 pandemic and the implemented restrictions have changed the functioning of healthcare systems worldwide. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of the present epidemiological situation on patients’ decisions about undergoing weight loss surgery. Methods: data were collected from 906 bariatric patients by the means of a national online survey, the majority of whom were women (87.9%). The survey started on 9 April 2020 and was open until 28 April 2020. The questionnaire included multiple choice and open questions, divided into three chapters: general information about the patient, life during the COVID-19 pandemic, and bariatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: despite the pandemic and the associated risk of COVID-19 infection, 443 responders (48.9%) would have decided to undergo bariatric surgery. Awareness of the negative impact of obesity on the course of COVID-19 illness had only marginable impact on patients’ decision-making (76.6% vs. 75.3%; p < 0.80). Contact with COVID-19 prior to the survey had a negative impact on the willingness to undergo bariatric surgery (3.0% vs. 4.4%; p < 0.55). There was a positive correlation between the BMI and preference for bariatric surgery in the time of the pandemic (37.4 ± 9.0 vs. 34.9 ± 8.7; p < 0.001). Conclusions: the level of awareness about the advantages of operative treatment of obesity is high among bariatric patients. The majority of patients awaiting bariatric surgery at the moment of the survey were positive about undergoing bariatric surgery despite the increased risk of a serious course of COVID-19 infection. Therefore, a large proportion of patients was determined to have bariatric treatment even during the pandemic, being aware of the increased risk of worse pace of COVID-19 disease in case of obesity and related diseases. MDPI 2021-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8399647/ /pubmed/34440962 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080756 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Różańska-Walędziak, Anna
Bartnik, Paweł
Kacperczyk-Bartnik, Joanna
Kwiatkowski, Andrzej
Janik, Michał
Kowalewski, Piotr
Major, Piotr
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Patient’s Decision about Bariatric Surgery: Results of a National Survey
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title_fullStr Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Patient’s Decision about Bariatric Surgery: Results of a National Survey
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title_short Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Patient’s Decision about Bariatric Surgery: Results of a National Survey
title_sort impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the patient’s decision about bariatric surgery: results of a national survey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8399647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34440962
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080756
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