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Living with a Gastric Band: A Qualitative Study
Michael Pfeil1, Kenda Crozier2, Amanda Pulford3
1School of Nursing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK. m.pfeil@uea.ac.uk.
Unlabelled:
Gastric banding is an established and effective form of weightloss surgery. Semi-structured interviews explored the experiences of gastric banding of twenty purposively recruited patients one year after surgery. Data was analysed using thematic analysis.
Results:
Three themes emerged. They included 'Exercising choice' (restriction by the band was counterbalanced by new food-related choices.); 'Rediscovering life' (improved health, physical ability and energy enabled the patients to re-discover life.) and 'Goals achieved with no regrets' (patients had nearly achieved their self-set goals.)
Conclusion:
Beyond achieving weight loss and improved health, the participants had improved quality of life as defined by patients. Knowledge about this active process informs the care of these patients.
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