Obsesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obsesity
Conditions
Interventions
Those accepting entering the study will have a computer connected to the internet to their availability to accept the informed consent form online and register by creating a personal username and pass
Sponsors
University of Minho
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 18 and 65 years old 2. Underwent bariatric surgery more than 12 months before recruitment 3. Patients with significant post-operative weight loss (% excessive weight loss > 30%).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants presenting significant weight regain (> than 15% of total weight loss) since nadir weight at the time of registration 2. No regular internet access 3. Inability to read and understand Portuguese instructions 4. Unwillingness to have/create and email account 5. Presence of active psychiatric disorder (e.g. bipolar disorder; psychotic disorder; suicidal ideation; eating disorders) 6. Intake of weight-affecting drugs 7. Concomitant weight loss treatment besides TAU 8. Pregnancy or lactation in female participants
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Weight regain assessed at baseline, end of intervention and at follow up. Weight is measured in the presence of a research member with a TANITA scale. 2. Variant of weight loss estimations using percentage of total weight regain, percentage of excessive weight regain, percentage of total weight loss and percentage of excessive weight loss formulas. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Behavioral outcomes assessed weekly for one year during intervention as part of the monitoring feedback system of APOLO-Bari, using with a short self-report measure developed for this purpose: number of days with maladaptive eating behaviors (such as grazing, binge eating and overeating episodes), number of hours of sedentary and physical activities in the previous month 2, Psychological outcomes assessed with self-report measures at baseline (Tb), midterm (Tm4 and Tm8), end of treatment (Tf) and follow-up (Tfu6 and Tfu12) using the Eating disorder-15 questionnaire assessing eating disorder psychopathology, repetitive rating questionnaire to assess grazing, depression anxiety stress scale and negative urgency subscale to assess impulsivity. | — |
Countries
Portugal
Outcome results
None listed