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

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Obesity

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 Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 48

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Leuven, Belgium, 3000
    • Ina Gesquiere

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The different health care professionals of the obesity team

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Difference between multidisciplinary approach in bariatric surgery population in Flanders and the guidelines	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.	The interviews will be performed once

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: KU Leuven
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Veerle Foulon, PhD PharmD, KU Leuven

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 19, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 4, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): June 5, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): February 5, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 4, 2015
• Last Verified: February 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: INOGMA2