Multidisciplinary Approach and Counseling of the Obese Patient Before and After Bariatric Surgery

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Multidisciplinary Approach and Counseling of the Obese Patient Before and After Bariatric Surgery: Qualitative Interviews

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02156830
• Other study ID #: INOGMA2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 19, 2013
• Last updated: February 4, 2015
• Start date: August 2013
• Est. completion date: August 2014

Study information

• Verified date: February 2015
• Source: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Belgium: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: August 2014
• Est. primary completion date: August 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All the members of the obesity team should be prepared to participate in the study

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Ina Gesquiere	Leuven

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Difference between multidisciplinary approach in bariatric surgery population in Flanders and the guidelines	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.	The interviews will be performed once	No