ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2014
The ambivalence of losing weight after bariatric surgery.
Article in International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03905070 (Investigation of Body Awareness and Affecting Factors in Bariatric Surgery Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Investigation of Body Awareness and Affecting Factors in Bariatric Surgery Patients
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Patient experiences of outcomes of bariatric surgery: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Pooled it
- Beyond weight loss: Integrating GLP-1 RA therapies into psychological and behavioral care for obesity and binge eating disorder.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Individual's Experience of Living With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- Stigma Toward Bariatric Surgery in the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom: Protocol for a Cross-cultural Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Investigation of Body Awareness and Affecting Factors in Patients with Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2022Article
- Development and Validation of New BODY-Q Scales Measuring Expectations, Eating Behavior, Distress, Symptoms, and Work Life in 4004 Adults From 4 Countries.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
- Psychosocial Changes of Bariatric Surgery in Patients' Everyday Life: a Scoping Review.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Majority of female bariatric patients retain an obese identity 18-30 months after surgery.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Patients' experiences of life after bariatric surgery and follow-up care: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Impact of Depression on Weight Variation after Bariatric Surgery: A Three-Year Observational Study.Obesity facts · 2020Observational
- Aspects of well-being when struggling with obesity.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2019Article
- Analysis of Portuguese language blogs about bariatric surgery: key doubts of internauts regarding the postoperative period.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Observational
- Contrasting Views of the Post-bariatric Surgery Experience between Patients and their Practitioners: a Qualitative Study.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
- Evaluation of an exercise programme for post-bariatric surgery patients: views of participants.Obesity science & practice · 2018Article
- Mindset and Communication Barriers in the Diffusion of Bariatric Surgery.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2018Review
- Translating weight loss into agency: Men's experiences 5 years after bariatric surgery.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2015Article
- "They think surgery is just a quick fix".International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2014Article
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Abstract
This study is grounded in a phenomenological lifeworld perspective. It aims at providing rich descriptions of lived experience of the process of losing weight after obesity surgery. Two women participated in in-depth interviews four times each during the first postoperative year. Based on the women's experiences, a meaning structure--the ambivalence of losing weight after obesity surgery--was identified across the women's processes of change. This consisted of five core themes: movement and activity--freedom but new demands and old restraints; eating habits and digestion--the complexity of change; appearance--smaller, but looser; social relations--stability and change; and being oneself--vulnerability and self-assurance. These core themes changed over time in terms of dominance. The experience of ambivalence is discussed according to a phenomenological perspective of the body as lived experience.
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