Evaluation of the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, Eating Attitudes and Weight Status of Patients After Obesity Surgery

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate healthy lifestyle behaviors, eating attitudes and weight of patients after obesity surgery. Methods: The research, which was designed as descriptive and cross-sectional was carried out at Ataturk University Research Hospital between February and October 2019. The study was completed with a total of 103 patients who applied to the general surgery clinic in the last 5 years and underwent sleeve gastrectomy. Questionnaire, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors (HLSB) II Scale and Three-Factor Nutrition Questionnaire were used to collect data. Frequency, mean, percentage, Kruskal Walllis, Mann-WhitneyU, one way anova and independent t tests were used to evaluate the data. Results: In the study, it was determined that the mean HLSB scale total score of the patients was 131.64 +/- 21.32. It was found that the mean HLSB scale total score, physical activity and nutrition sub-dimension score averages of the patients with a high education level, who continued to lose weight and exercise after surgery, had a normal weight according to BMI, and received dietitian support were found to be high (P <.05). The mean HLSB scale total score and nutrition sub-dimension score averages of the patients 1-2 years after the operation, and the mean HLSB scale total and physical sub-dimension scores of the patients who were informed about the healthy lifestyle changes after the surgery were found to be significantly higher (P <.05). The conscious food restriction score of the patients with high educational status, the sensitivity to hunger sub-dimension score of the patients whose weight loss stopped after 12-18 months, and the uncontrolled eating sub-dimension score of the patients who had surgery due to health problems were found to be high (P <.05). It was determined that 40.8% of the patients decrease to their lowest weight 12-18 months after the surgery, 41.7% were obese after the surgery and 44.7% did not gain weight after the surgery. Conclusion: It has been observed that it is important to evaluate healthy lifestyle behaviors, eating attitudes and weight status of patients after bariatric surgery.