Obesity Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
Obes Surg. 2020 Jun;30(6):2118-2123. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04434-2.
Support groups are an integral part of bariatric surgery (BS) programs yet there is limited evidence for an association between support group attendance and BS weight outcomes.
University Hospital, Spain.
This study examined the effect of support group attendance on weight loss (WL) at short- and long-term follow-up (FU) following BS.
Participants were 531 (mean body mass index (BMI) = 45.8 (5.4) kg/m; mean age 45.9 (11.1) years, 76.4% females) who underwent BS (Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB): 233 (43.8%); sleeve gastrectomy (SG): 298 (56.2%)) in our clinic. The bariatric support group program (BSGP) consisted of two subprograms: Novel-BSGP (N-BSGP; first 12 months after surgery) and Experienced-BSGP (E-BSGP; FU between 12 months 5 years after BS).
Three hundred and twenty-three (60.8%) and 129 (24.3%) participants attended at least one session of N-BSGP and E-BSGP, respectively. Linear regression analyses showed that number of sessions attended during year 1 predicted percent total body WL (%TBWL (β = 0.381, p < 0.001)) and percent excess WL (%EWL (β = 0.928, p < 0.001)) at one year and number of sessions attended during years 2-5 were positively related to %TBWL and %EWL achieved at 5 years (%EWL: β = 0.162 (p = 0.014) and %TBWL: β = 0.378 (p = 0.013)) respectively.
We observed a significant beneficial effect of a post-surgical support group program on short- and long-term body WL after BS.
支持小组是减重手术（BS）项目的一个组成部分，但支持小组的参与与 BS 体重结果之间的关联证据有限。
西班牙大学医院。
本研究检查了支持小组的参与对 BS 后短期和长期随访（FU）时体重减轻（WL）的影响。
参与者为 531 名（平均体重指数（BMI）=45.8（5.4）kg/m；平均年龄 45.9（11.1）岁，76.4%为女性），在我们的诊所接受 BS（Roux-en-Y 胃旁路术（RYGB）：233（43.8%）；袖状胃切除术（SG）：298（56.2%））。减重支持小组计划（BSGP）由两个子计划组成：新型 BSGP（N-BSGP；手术后前 12 个月）和经验丰富的 BSGP（E-BSGP；BS 后 12-5 年的 FU）。
323 名（60.8%）和 129 名（24.3%）参与者分别至少参加了一次 N-BSGP 和 E-BSGP。线性回归分析表明，第 1 年参加的课程次数预测了 1 年时的总体重 WL 百分比（%TBWL（β=0.381，p<0.001））和超重 WL 百分比（%EWL（β=0.928，p<0.001）），以及第 2-5 年参加的课程次数与 5 年时达到的%TBWL 和%EWL 呈正相关（%EWL：β=0.162（p=0.014）和%TBWL：β=0.378（p=0.013））。
我们观察到术后支持小组计划对 BS 后短期和长期体重减轻有显著的有益影响。
