BODY IMAGE PERCEPTION, QUALITY OF LIFE AND PATIENT SATISFACTION IN BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS: A STUDY ON MEDICAL TOURISTS

IF 0.4 4区综合性期刊 Q4 ECOLOGY

Interciencia Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.59671/2sdvz

Yasar Demir, Saliha Ozpinar

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Introduction: Obesity, a serious health problem that should be prevented because it causes many health problems, also negatively affects the quality of life and body image of individuals. This study was aimed at determining the relationship between and determinants of the perceived body image, patient satisfaction and quality of life of individuals who preferred Turkey to undergo bariatric surgery within the scope of medical tourism. Methodology: The population of the study consisted of 329 medical tourists who underwent bariatric surgery between 2015 and 2022 in private hospitals having health tourism authorization certificate in Samsun. Data were collected between September 01, 2021 and November 31, 2022 using the Personal Information Form, Body Image Scale, Quality Of Life Scale and Patient Satisfaction Scale. Descriptive statistics and the student t test, ANOVA test, correlation and multiple regression statistical analysis methods were used in the analysis of the data. Results: Of the participants, 37.4% were men and 62.6% were women. Their mean age was 39.74ï¿½10.063 years. According to the results obtained from the present study, patient satisfaction was affected by the variables such as age, education level, family type, monthly income, income status, exercise status, chronic disease status and perceived body image (p<0.05). On the other hand, the quality of life was affected by the variables such as perceived body image, marital status, education status, employment status, family type, income status, alcohol use, and exercise status (p<0.05). Patient satisfaction and quality of life were positively correlated with perceived body image of the participants who underwent bariatric surgery.Conclusion: According to the results of the study, patient satisfaction and quality of life were affected by socioeconomic characteristics and perceived body image of the participants, and perceived body image, patient satisfaction and quality of life were positively affected in the participants who underwent bariatric surgery.

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减肥手术患者的身体形象感知、生活质量和患者满意度:一项医疗游客的研究

引言:肥胖是一个严重的健康问题，应该加以预防，因为它会导致许多健康问题，也会对个人的生活质量和身体形象产生负面影响。这项研究的目的是确定在医疗旅游范围内更愿意在土耳其接受减肥手术的个人的感知身体形象、患者满意度和生活质量之间的关系和决定因素。方法:研究对象为329名2015年至2022年间在三星市持有健康旅游授权证书的私立医院接受减肥手术的医疗游客。数据收集于2021年9月1日至2022年11月31日，使用个人信息表、身体形象量表、生活质量量表和患者满意度量表。数据分析采用描述性统计及学生t检验、方差分析、相关及多元回归等统计分析方法。结果:参与者中男性占37.4%，女性占62.6%。他们的平均年龄为39.74ï¿½10.063岁。根据本研究的结果，患者满意度受年龄、受教育程度、家庭类型、月收入、收入状况、运动状况、慢性病状况、身体形象感知等变量的影响(p<0.05)。另一方面，生活质量受身体形象感知、婚姻状况、教育状况、就业状况、家庭类型、收入状况、饮酒情况、运动状况等变量的影响(p<0.05)。患者满意度和生活质量与接受减肥手术的参与者的身体形象感知呈正相关。结论:研究结果显示，受试者的社会经济特征和感知身体形象对患者满意度和生活质量有影响，接受减肥手术的受试者的感知身体形象、患者满意度和生活质量有正向影响。

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Interciencia 综合性期刊-生态学

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0.80

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25.00%

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审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Interciencia is the monthly multidisciplinary publication of the INTERCIENCIA Association. It is dedicated to stimulate scientific research, its humanitarian use and the study of its social context, specially in Latin America and the Caribbean and to promote communication between the scientific and technological communities of the Americas. Interciencia has been published uninterruptedly since 1976. Its Founding Director, Marcel Roche (endocrinologist and sociologist of science) was editor until 2008, and thereafter Miguel Laufer (neurobiologist) has been in charge. It has been included since 1978 in the Science Citation Index and other international indexes, and since 2008 it maintains an open access electronic version with material from 2005 onwards. The priority areas of the journal, without exclusion of other areas, are Agronomy, Arid Lands, Food and Nutrition, Biotechnology, Ecology and Environment, Energy, Innovation and Technology Transfer, Marine Resources, Non-renewable Resources, Science Education, Science Policy, Study and Sociology of Science, and Tropical Forests. Interciencia publishes in Spanish, Portuguese and English research and review articles, communications and essays, all of which are subjected to peer review. Additionally, it includes non-refereed sections such as Editorial, Letters to the Editor, Open Town Hall, Book Reviews and Upcoming Events. All the material submitted to the journal for publication and accepted by the Editorial Committee in view of its quality and pertinence is subjected to review by peer specialists in the corresponding fields of knowledge. Neither the INTERCIENCIA Association, nor the journal or the institutions to which the authors belong carry responsibility for the contents. Signing authors are responsible for the material published under their names.