Effect of Bariatric Outreach Clinic on Rural Bariatric Surgery Patients
Rosalie Carr
Primary Investigator
Brief description of study
What is the purpose of this study?
We hypothesize that decreased travel time to receive perioperative bariatric surgery care will increase patient satisfaction and enrollment into the Indiana University Health bariatric surgery program. Improved patient satisfaction may also improve patient compliance and surgical outcomes.
Goals:
- Assess patient satisfaction with the IUH West bariatric surgery outreach clinic as compared to those non-local patients traveling to IUH North hospital
- Examine likelihood of enrollment in the bariatric surgery program among Western Indiana patients if no outreach clinic were available.
- Evaluate perioperative outcomes including weight loss and complications among patients serviced at the IUH West bariatric surgery clinic as compared to those non-locals receiving care at IUH North Hospital.
- Assess the need to offer all perioperative services at IUH West Hospital, including surgery, preoperative testing (PAT), APP visits, psychology visit, all supervised weight loss (SWL) visits. Compare patient satisfaction scores before and after IUH West Hospital offers these services
Detailed description of study
What will happen during the study?
After agreeing to be in the study, patients will complete a Likert scale survey that will also include questions regarding their treatment satisfaction. These surveys will be administered at the final pre-op visit, and the one month post-op visit. Patients will complete the same survey at each visit to see if their answers change over time.
Eligibility of study
You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:
- Conditions: Obesity, Over-Weight, Bariatric Surgery
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Age: 18 years - 100 years
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Gender: All
INCLUSION
1.Candidates for Bariatric Surgery as defined by the NIH (ASMBS, 2020)
• BMI ≥ 40
• BMI ≥ 35 and at least one or more obesity-related co-morbidity such as type II diabetes (T2DM), hypertension, sleep apnea and other respiratory disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis, lipid abnormalities, gastrointestinal disorders, or heart disease.
2. age >18
3. Presenting for their final pre-operative visit with a bariatric surgeon at either IU West or IU North.
4. Willing to agree to participate in the research study.
EXCLUSION
1. <18 years of age
2. Not meeting NIH criteria
3. Not having a surgical treatment
4. Unwilling to agree to participation
5. Surgeon deems patient not eligible for study for any reason.
