This paper describes the development and application of a practical, post-surgical behavior and psychosocial assessment approach. A sizeable minority of people who undergo gastric bypass have type 2 diabetes as a co-morbidity. The availability of this assessment is essential because traditional post-surgical care is weak in the critical areas of self-management and psychosocial support as compared to the high standard of patient assessment and management seen in pre-surgical and peri-operative care. Diabetes “remission” can also later fail. This study informed the development of Silver Fern’s Weight-Loss Module. (Full paper available online.)
Evaluation of clinical outcomes for gastric bypass surgery: results from a comprehensive follow-up study. (2011) Obesity Surgery.
