Physical Activity Before Obesity Surgery

Summary

There are limited knowledge about the impact of increased pre-operative physical training on postoperative physical activity levels as well as on recovery and complication rates after bariatric surgery.

The primary aim of this study is to investigate whether an intervention including individual coaching to improve level of physical activity before and after gastric bypass surgery leads to a changed of level physical activity post-operatively at eight weeks, one and two years.

Secondary aims of the study are to investigate whether increased physical activity has effects on complication rates, re-admissions and re-operations, post-operative weight-loss, gastrointestinal pain, recovery measured as hospital stay, sick-leave and QoL, resumption of normal physical activity.

METHODS 300 patients will be recruited and randomized to an intervention group or control group. The patients in the intervention group will receive individual coaching by a physical therapist to:

* increase physical activity 30 minutes/day (At least 150 min/week)
* decrease time spent sitting/lying The patients in the control group will receive standard care.

Before surgery, 6 weeks, and one year after surgery patient will fill in a questionnaire including level of physical activity, sick leave, quality of life and gastrointestinal pain. In addition blood test will be taken and complication rates recorded.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Physical Activity

Interventions

OTHER

Increased physical activity

Preoperatively Individual coaching by a physical therapist to: * increase physical activity 30 minutes/day (At least 150 min/week) * decrease time spent sitting/lying Telephone follow up one week after the intervention starts At the hospital -Frequent mobilization After discharge A telephone follow up one week postoperatively with coaching by a physical therapist to: * increase physical activity 30 minutes/day (At least 150 min/week) until 8 weeks postoperatively * decrease time spent sitting/lying The intervention includes a prescribed FaR (Fysisk aktivitet på recept) with frequency, duration and intensity of the activity corresponding 12-15 on the BORG-RPE scale.

OTHER

Standard care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Borås Lasarett

  collaborator OTHER

• Centrallasarettet i Växjö

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Karlshamns lasarett

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Torsby sjukhus

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Mora sjukhus

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Göteborg University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Monika Fagevik Olsén, pHd · Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg university, Sweden

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-02-16

Primary Completion

2020-12-31

Completion

2021-12-31

Countries

• Sweden

Study Locations