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Self-management Behaviors and Anthropometric Indices after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

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Abstract

Background

The aim of this study was to correlate the connection between self-management behaviors and anthropometric indices after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB).

Methods

A sample of 180 patients suffering from obesity were treated with RYGB in 2019; 6 and 18 months after surgery, anthropometric indices, including weight, waist circumference, waist- to-height ratio, body mass index (BMI), and waist-to-hip ratio, were gauged, and participants completed the post-bariatric surgery self-management behaviors questionnaire.

Results

Correlation matrix results showed that all anthropometric indices had a significant positive relationship with self-management behaviors after RYGB; the results of the 18-month post-surgical follow-up exhibited no significant difference between anthropometric indices and self-management behaviors, 6 and 18 months after surgery.

Conclusion

Therefore, the more self-management behaviors increase, the greater decrease in anthropometric indices will happen after RYGB.

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Acknowledgement

This article is the result of research project number 18570 at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. We would like to show our gratitude to the staff of the Laparoscopy Research Center and Obesity Clinic, Shiraz Ghadir Mother and Child Hospital, who helped and assisted this research. The authors also thank all the participants involved in this research study for their sincere cooperation.

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  1. Colorectal Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Zahra Sobhani, Hajar Khazraei & Seyed Vahid Hosseini

  2. Laparoscopy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Masood Amini & Hamid Reza Foroutan

  3. Department of Psychology, School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University of Marvdasht, Marvdasht, Iran

    Maryam Zarnaghash

  4. Department of Cardiovascular, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Seyed Vahid Mojab

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Sobhani, Z., Amini, M., Zarnaghash, M. et al. Self-management Behaviors and Anthropometric Indices after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. World J Surg 45, 1812–1817 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-05959-y

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