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Accelerometer-Measured Versus Self-Reported Physical Activity Levels and Sedentary Behavior in Women Before and 9 Months After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

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Background

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) patients report significant pre- to post-surgery increases in physical activity (PA). Conversely, objectively assessed PA does not increase after RYGB. The aim of the study was to compare self-reported and accelerometer-measured changes in moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and exercise from pre- to post-surgery, in women undergoing RYGB.

Methods

Forty-three women with an average pre-surgery body mass index of 39.2 kg/m2 (SD 3.1) were recruited at Swedish hospitals. PA was measured by the Actigraph GT3X+ and by a previously validated short PA questionnaire, at home visits 3 months before and 9 months after surgery, thus limiting seasonal effects.

Results

Self-reported time spent in exercise increased with 75 % and time spent in MVPA increased with 51 %, whereas accelerometer-assessed time spent in exercise increased with 0.9 % and time spent in MVPA increased with 2.1 %, from before to after surgery. Correlations comparing accelerometers with the questionnaire were 0.35 (P = 0.02) for MVPA and 0.13 (P = 0.4) for exercise before RYGB and 0.52 (P ≤ 0.001) for MVPA and 0.12 (P = 0.4) for exercise after RYGB.

Conclusions

Pre- to post-RYGB surgery increases in self-reported PA were not confirmed by accelerometer-measured PA. Thus, health care workers should use objective measures of PA in patients undergoing RYGB, in order to assess whether patients achieve sufficient levels of PA.

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  1. Child and Adolescent Public Health Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18A, Widerströmska huset, plan 8, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden

    Daniel Berglind, Mikaela Willmer, Per Tynelius & Finn Rasmussen

  2. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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  3. Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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This study was funded by a grant to Finn Rasmussen from the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (grant number: 2008–0654), Stockholm County Council (ALF), NovoNordisk fund, The National School in Caring Sciences at Karolinska Institutet (NFV).

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Berglind, D., Willmer, M., Tynelius, P. et al. Accelerometer-Measured Versus Self-Reported Physical Activity Levels and Sedentary Behavior in Women Before and 9 Months After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. OBES SURG 26, 1463–1470 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-015-1971-5

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