Social support, nutrition & activity adherance and bariatric outcomes
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The role of social support, and nutritional and physical activity adherence in bariatric surgery outcome?
IRAS ID
247502
Contact name
Melanie West
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Newman University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 28 days
Research summary
The long-term outcome for bariatric patients is not always successful (Karmali, Brar, Shi, Sharma, de Gara, & Birch, 2013; Livhits et al., 2012). Nutrition and physical activity non-adherence has been linked to unsuccessful outcomes (Karmila et al., 2013). Furthermore, recent research indicates social support can also influence success (Funk, Grubber, McVay, Olsen, Yancy & Voils, 2017; Livhits et al., 2012; Sharman et al., 2015). Additionally, research has stated that it is important to understand the types of social support that is beneficial to these patients (Livhits et al., 2010; Sharman et al., 2015), and to determine whether previous sexual abuse might impact on the likelihood of a successful outcome (Livhits et al., 2010). It has also been highlighted that it would be worthwhile to examine alcohol consumption and sweet eating (Livhits et al., 2010) and sugary-drink consumption (Poppit, 2015; Renault, 2015) pre-and post-surgery. Furthermore, it has been reported that parenting style is an important predictor of childhood obesity (Kakinami, Barnett, Seguin & Paradis, 2015). Whilst some research indicates the first year after surgery is the most important for successful outcomes (Sharman et al., 2015), other research has indicated that psychological support might be best targeted to patients after the first-year post-surgery (Ogden, Hollywood & Pring, 2015). As such this research will use a cross-section design to examine patients’ self-reported weight loss, social support, nutrition and physical activity adherence at different lengths of time post-surgery. Bariatric patients at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the support group will be asked to complete a research survey (questionnaires) which taps in to the desired research aims, the survey will be available for participants to complete online or as hard-copies. This should take no longer than one hour. Findings will further our understanding of these factors in bariatric outcomes and thus could be used to inform future interventions.
REC name
West Midlands - South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/WM/0158
Date of REC Opinion
2 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion