Examining Nutrition Knowledge of Bariatric Surgery Patients: What Happens to Dietary Knowledge over Time?

Background Nutrition education is a standard of care in bariatric surgery clinical practice guidelines. Despite its known importance, no studies have documented the trajectory of nutrition knowledge over the course of the bariatric surgery process. Primary objectives included determining changes in...

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Published in:Obesity surgery 2016-05, Vol.26 (5), p.972-982
Main Authors: Taube-Schiff, Marlene, Chaparro, Maria, Gougeon, Lorraine, Shakory, Sharry, Weiland, Mary, Warwick, Katie, Plummer, Carolyn, Sockalingam, Sanjeev
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Bariatric Surgery
Counseling
Diet
Female
Gastrointestinal surgery
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Knowledge
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Nutrition education
Obesity
Obesity, Morbid - surgery
Original Contributions
Postoperative Period
Surgery
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
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Summary:Background Nutrition education is a standard of care in bariatric surgery clinical practice guidelines. Despite its known importance, no studies have documented the trajectory of nutrition knowledge over the course of the bariatric surgery process. Primary objectives included determining changes in bariatric surgery nutrition knowledge scores from the pre-surgical phase to 1-month post-surgical intervention and investigating the impact of time on nutrition education retention in bariatric patients. Secondary objectives focused on the relationship between patients’ pre-operative anxiety and depression on nutrition knowledge retention. Methods Prior to data collection, patients attended a nutrition education class and met with a registered dietitian. One hundred and nineteen consented patients eligible for bariatric surgery completed a nutrition knowledge questionnaire, Eating After Bariatric Surgery (EABS) prior to and 1 month following bariatric surgery. Results Analyses revealed (1) patients’ nutrition knowledge (measured by EABS) significantly increased from the pre-operative phase ( M  = 46.9; SD = 14.4) to the post-operative phase (( M  = 56.9; SD = 14.1), t (118) = −8.01, p  
ISSN:0960-8923
1708-0428
DOI:10.1007/s11695-015-1846-9