Original articlePatient predictors of follow-up care attendance in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients
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Methods
Data were collected from 538 consecutive patients undergoing a first-time LRYGB bariatric surgery at a large university medical center between August 2009 and August 2010. Data were retrieved from a secure electronic database in February 2012. Surgeries were performed by 1 of the 6 surgeons operating at this center during the study period (4 Caucasian, 2 Asian). This study was approved by the medical center’s Institutional Review Board for research on human participants.
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Descriptive statistics
Average weight and BMI before surgery were 137.7 kg (SD = 26.7) and 48.5 kg/m2 (SD = 7.97), respectively. Additional descriptive data are provided in Table 1. Examination of attendance data show that 75.3% of patients were considered high medical appointment attendees and 24.7% were considered low attendees. For behavioral health appointments, 59.9% were high attendees and 40.1% were low attendees. Attendance at the 3-week, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month medical appointments was 89.4%, 85.9%,
Discussion
The present study sought to identify factors associated with attendance at medical and behavioral health follow-up care in the first year after bariatric surgery. Among potential demographic predictors, we found that older age and Caucasian race were associated with greater attendance at medical follow-up appointments in univariate analyses. With regard to age, these results are consistent with several studies that have found that older age is related to attendance at bariatric follow-up care
Disclosures
The authors have no commercial associations that might be a conflict of interest in relation to this article.
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This research was supported in part by fellowship grant T32HS000079 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The views expressed in this article are those of theauthors and do not necessarily represent the views of the VA or the U.S. government.