Trial reportObesity surgery2019
Health Literacy and Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery.
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- What Is Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery Expressed in Percentage Total Weight Loss (%TWL)? A Systematic Review.Obesity surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Patients' perceptions of bariatric surgery in the Deep South: the impact of health literacy.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Impact of health literacy and general self-efficacy on surgical outcomes 2 years after bariatric surgery.Clinical obesity · 2025Article
- Content and quality of smartphone applications for bariatric surgery: A review and content analysis.PEC innovation · 2025Article
- Food and Health Literacy in Patients Awaiting Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery.Obesity facts · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Protein Cards: A nutrition education tool for metabolic bariatric surgery.PloS one · 2025Article
- Does Patient's Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Knowledge Predict Optimal Clinical Outcomes?Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Effects of Very Low-Calorie Diet versus Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery on Body Composition in Patients with Obesity.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Large language models and bariatric surgery patient education: a comparative readability analysis of GPT-3.5, GPT-4, Bard, and online institutional resources.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Readability of patient education materials for bariatric surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Assessing the Accuracy of Responses by the Language Model ChatGPT to Questions Regarding Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Development of a short-form Chinese health literacy scale for low salt consumption (CHLSalt-22) and its validation among hypertensive patients.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Information needs of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in Germany: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Adherence to Medical Appointments Among Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: Do Health Literacy, Health Numeracy, and Cognitive Functioning Play a Role?Obesity surgery · 2022Article
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- Influence of sociodemographic variables on weight loss outcomes up to 3-years following primary bariatric surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Healthcare delivery and information provision in bariatric surgery in Germany: qualitative interviews with bariatric surgeons.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Comment on: Socioecological factors associated with metabolic and bariatric surgery utilization: a qualitative study in an ethnically diverse sample.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2020Article
- The Clinical Obesity Maintenance Model: A Theoretical Framework for Bariatric Psychology.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundThere are many factors that affect weight loss after bariatric surgery. The present study evaluated the impact of health literacy on weight loss after bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients.
methodsThe data of 118 patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity (body mass index-BMI ≥ 40 kg/m
resultsA significant inverse relationship was identified between preoperative BMI and scores for health promotion health literacy and general health literacy indexes (p = 0.024 and p = 0.032, respectively). A significant positive relationship was noted between % EWL and % EBL at 6 and 12 months, and health promotion health literacy index scores (6 months: p = 0.004, p = 0.006; 12 months: p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). A similar significant positive relationship was recorded between the % EWL and % EBL at 12 months and the health care health literacy index scores (p = 0.042 and p = 0.036, respectively). There was also a significant positive relationship between general health literacy index scores and % EWL and % EBL at 12 months (p = 0.022 and p = 0.021, respectively). % EWL at 12 months increased by 0.39, with a 1-point increase in health promotion and health literacy index scores.
conclusionsA high health literacy index score in morbidly obese patients is associated with successful weight loss after bariatric surgery.
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