Long Term Patient Experiences After Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: A Phenomenological Study

IF 2.1 4区医学 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI:10.1111/jep.70166

Defne Dizlek Bayraktar, Emine Catal

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Abstract

Background

It is important to know what individuals experience in the complex long-term process after bariatric and metabolic surgery, this information is now more sought after. It can be used to improve patient care management by better understanding individuals' long-term life experiences after bariatric and metabolic surgery.

Aim

This qualitative study aimed to determine the long-term experiences of patients who underwent bariatric and metabolic surgery using a phenomenological design.

Methods

The study was conducted as qualitative research. It included 16 volunteers who underwent bariatric and metabolic surgery at least 5 years ago. Its data was collected using a semi-structured in-depth interview method. The collected data were analysed through a content, descriptive, and thematic analysis process and supported by the participants' metaphors.

Results

In the study, 10 of the participants were female and six were male. Only one of the participants underwent adjustable gastric band surgery, the others underwent sleeve gastrectomy. Content analysis of the data revealed four main themes. These were: ‘emotions and thoughts created by bariatric surgery’, ‘gains brought by the new body’, ‘difficulties brought by the new body’, ‘the point reached in the journey of process’.

Conclusion

Long Term Patient Experiences after Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, which were both positive and negative, provide information about the participant's postsurgical process and what can be done to improve it and help patients in their recovery.

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减肥和代谢手术后的长期患者经验：现象学研究

了解个体在减肥和代谢手术后复杂的长期过程中经历了什么是很重要的，这一信息现在越来越受追捧。它可以通过更好地了解个体在减肥和代谢手术后的长期生活经历来改善患者护理管理。目的本定性研究旨在通过现象学设计确定接受减肥和代谢手术的患者的长期经历。方法采用定性研究方法。该研究包括16名至少在5年前接受过减肥和代谢手术的志愿者。数据采用半结构化深度访谈法收集。收集到的数据通过内容、描述和主题分析过程进行分析，并辅以参与者的隐喻。结果在研究中，10名参与者为女性，6名参与者为男性。只有一名参与者接受了可调节胃束手术，其他参与者接受了袖式胃切除术。对数据的内容分析揭示了四个主要主题。这些分别是：“减肥手术带来的情绪和想法”，“新身体带来的收获”，“新身体带来的困难”，“过程中到达的点”。结论减肥和代谢手术后的长期患者经历，无论是积极的还是消极的，都提供了参与者术后过程的信息，以及可以采取哪些措施来改善它并帮助患者康复。

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Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

4.20%

发文量

143

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice aims to promote the evaluation and development of clinical practice across medicine, nursing and the allied health professions. All aspects of health services research and public health policy analysis and debate are of interest to the Journal whether studied from a population-based or individual patient-centred perspective. Of particular interest to the Journal are submissions on all aspects of clinical effectiveness and efficiency including evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guidelines, clinical decision making, clinical services organisation, implementation and delivery, health economic evaluation, health process and outcome measurement and new or improved methods (conceptual and statistical) for systematic inquiry into clinical practice. Papers may take a classical quantitative or qualitative approach to investigation (or may utilise both techniques) or may take the form of learned essays, structured/systematic reviews and critiques.