Obesity
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
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.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
KU Leuven
Study design
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All the members of the obesity team should be prepared to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Difference between multidisciplinary approach in bariatric surgery population in Flanders and the guidelines | The interviews will be performed once | 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. |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed