What would you ask bariatric patient's at least 2 years post-op?

Hello Everyone!

I have decided to do something with bariatric surgery for my dissertation. I was just curious...if you could impart anything that only the bariatric community knows, what would it be?

What kind of questions would you ask a post-op who is at least two years out?

I am still unsure of what I want to research and thought I'd ask y'all since I learned some valuable information from here during the early months. :)

I hope everyone is doing well!

--Angela

Well, what are you studying? :)

I assume not Math... but statistics or psychology or nutrition? It makes a difference.

I'm doing a doctorate in public health. I am thinking of doing a mixed methods study. Part quantitative, part qualitative. I want to I interview people to understand their experiences. The topic isn't refined yet...I
Just wanted some input from the community in trying to brainstorm questions.

I would love to see a study correlating current Sleeve capacity as determined in a quantifiable way and %EWL.

Since this is public health, you might also want to look at the cost of surgery as compared to the cost of not getting surgery over the long run.

I would also be curious to see if there is a particular time out of surgery that is the most dangerous for weight regain.  For example, right after reaching goal, or 3-5 years out. 

You could also do a satisfaction comparison for people with larger and smaller capacity sleeves.

That's just off of the top of my head.  I would love to hear what you will settle on and hear more about your methedology.

 

Okay public health narrows things down...

I think maybe something about quality of life at 2 years out vs some other time - maybe pre-op or compared to people who don't have surgery.

 

ETA or maybe ER costs since that impacts a community?

Oh, here's another one... how about how family life changes post-op?

I think reading this book would help you tremendously in generating questions.

Thanks! I've ordered it!

Like other posters I am interested in stats about weight loss vs. not losing weight.  Ie:  Perhaps cancer, diabetes, etc. etc.

Having been morbidly obese for over 25 years and now merely overweight ( BMI down from 51 to 27.8 ) what are the stats about getting the above problems, plus others.

Interesting study for sure.

 

 

 

hmmm, welll it would be interesting to discover the differences between the successful patients and those that are not so successful. and also gather the research about the metabolic changes that occur with weight loss resulting in lower caloric needs.

or maybe study why some people take this step and why some people choose to stay obese and the impact on public health.

look forward to hearing more about what you do. great idea.   diane