Access to Bariatric Surgery In Europe

NCT03105050 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2017-0976
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 51
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In recent years more and more collaboration between hospitals performing bariatric surgery occur and more exchange of knowledge on pre and postoperative care is shared. Different countries have many different protocols to select and guide patients through bariatric surgery, and even within countries differences exist. These are most commonly based on expert opinions and cultural influences. Although many outcomes of the different approaches are known, the pathways the patient has to take and the accessibility to bariatric surgery are unclear for each country as well as how the care for these patients is financially arranged. As a progressive research collaboration, we would like to gain more insight into these different approaches. With this study we would like to gain more insight into the accessibility and restrictions to accessibility to both bariatric surgery and body contouring surgery after massive weight loss that exists in all 51 European countries, as well as why this disparity exists.

Conditions

Bariatric Surgery Candidate

Keywords

access; policy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Access to bariatric surgery per country (using a validated questionnaire)

  Inventory accessibility

  6 months

• Quality of care per country (using a validated questionnaire)

  Inventory quality of care

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

Countries in Europe

All 51 countries will fill out their unique data on access to bariatric surgery in Europe

Other: Access to bariatric surgery

Interventions

Access to bariatric surgery OTHER

All countries representatives will be interviewed on their Healthcare systems

Countries in Europe

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Representatives of bariatric communities per country in Europe

You may qualify if:

• Representative must be member of scientific community of his/her country for bariatric surgery
• All data of 2015 must be available for each country

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Rijnstate Hospital: lead
• University College Dublin: collaborator
• Sint Franciscus Gasthuis: collaborator
• University Hospital, Ghent: collaborator
• Lithuanian University of Health Sciences: collaborator
• Göteborg University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Rijnstate Hospital

Arnhem, Gelderland, 6800 TA, Netherlands

Location

Study Officials

• Yves van Nieuwenhove, MD, PhD

  University of Gent

  STUDY CHAIR

• Almantas Maleckas, MD, PhD

  Göteborg University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 27, 2017
• First Posted: April 7, 2017
• Study Start: April 9, 2017
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2017
• Study Completion: December 1, 2017
• Last Updated: June 21, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

NL (1)