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Psychological Preparation Prior to Bariatric Surgery

NCT01670331 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2017-11-24

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Summary

Is it feasible to perform a randomized controlled trial to assess whether or not psychological preparation seminars prior to bariatric (weight loss) surgery are beneficial to the investigators patients?

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychological preparation

Session 1: Help patients understand their relationship to food. Patients complete a 'food diary' as 'homework'. Give information about lifestyle changes after surgery. Presents the model of 'stress' and how it influences 'overeating', to develop a more balanced lifestyle and better QoL. Session 2: 'Intervention' using Compassion Focussed Therapy model to understand relationship to food from their diary. Help develop a 'minimising overeating plan' (a 'relapse prevention' plan). Help learn to meet needs in other ways than food. Session 3: Focus on physical body. Current body image, explore hopes and expectations for after surgery. Consider how to manage changes to social reactions and sexual relationships that may occur.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Corinne E Owers, MB/ChB · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Adam Saradjian, DClinPsy · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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