Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
Open Access

Abstract

Bariatric surgery has been identified as the best treatment to severe obesity, considering criteria of loss and maintenance of weight as well as reversing the adverse effects of obesity. However, 20-30% of patients undergoing surgery begin to regain weight, on average, 24 months after the procedure, possibly decreasing their levels of quality of life, health and psychosocial well-being achieved with weight loss. This study is the first author's doctoral work and is ongoing. It aims to identify the psychodynamics of patients who regained weight after bariatric surgery. To this end, it intends to apply a semi-structured interview (with the use of questionnaires) and run group of patients who regained weight. The group will be attended by up to 15 people who have bariatric surgery for at least three years ago. Participants will be invited in private clinic specializing in obesity. It is intend to make 12 bimonthly sessions, with discussion of subjects generators, in other words, issues related to the context of obesity and weight regained and previously defined based on the demand of the participants and the experience of the researcher. It is believed that there are unclear psychodynamic issues present in obese people, which surgery does not access, leading to weight regained. From the better understanding of the phenomenon regain, it intends to improve the guidelines for psychological care to the subject in the pre and post-bariatric surgery and be able to rethink the current psychological inclusion and exclusion criteria for the surgical procedure.

Biography

Email: micheledaianepsi@yahoo.com.br