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The Effects of an Information Video on Anxiety and Bariatric Surgery Knowledge Among Bariatric Surgery Candidates

NCT02857647 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2021-01-12

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Summary

An interventional prospective study on 200 bariatric surgery candidates from the Assuta Medical Center (AMC). The first 100 patients will be assigned to the control group and the later 100 patients will be assigned to the experimental group. All the participants will receive standard care, and only those participants who will assigned to the experimental group will be asked to watch a videotaped lecture of 30 minutes 1-2 weeks prior to the surgery date. The videotaped lecture will include information and guidelines of bariatric surgery preparation. All participants will complete Bariatric surgery knowledge questionnaire and The state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) questionnaire at the bariatric committee and once again at the pre-surgery clinic which take place 1-10 days pre-surgery.In addition, 20 participants will be recruited to a pilot study for the validation of the Bariatric surgery knowledge questionnaire.

Conditions

  • Bariatric Surgery Candidates

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

An information video

Participants who will assigned to the experimental group will be asked to watch a 30 minutes videotaped lecture 1-2 weeks prior to the surgery date. Topics includes: types of surgeries, preparation to the hospitalization process and to the surgery (e.g. what to expect, personal equipment needs, description of the surgery admission process, etc.), dietary guidelines pre- and post-surgery (e.g. low carb diet 2-3 week prior to the surgery, post-surgery diet progression, techniques of eating and drinking, recommended dietary supplements), recommendation and tips for long term surgery success (e.g. definition of weight loss expectations, physiological, nutritional and life-style strategies for long-term weight loss).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assuta Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

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