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Social Isolation But Not Deprivation Involved in Employment Status After Bariatric Surgery.

NCT06998953 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 133

Last updated 2025-05-31

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Summary

This study looked at how bariatric surgery (weight-loss surgery) affects people's chances of getting a job, especially in a low-income area. Researchers followed 133 patients (mostly women, average age 45) about 2 years after their surgery. Most had a type of surgery called sleeve gastrectomy and lost a significant amount of weight.

They found that 19 people got a job after surgery, but 3 also became unemployed. People who were already employed before surgery had better results on satisfaction and well-being scores. Interestingly, finding a new job after surgery wasn't linked to weight loss, age, or sex. Also, being poor (measured by the EPICES score) didn't affect employment outcomes. However, people who felt more socially isolated were less likely to lose weight successfully.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Denis

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
67 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-01
Primary Completion
2020-06-01
Completion
2020-12-01

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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