Why Patients Seek Bariatric Surgery: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Patient Motivation
- 1 November 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Obesity Surgery
- Vol. 17 (11) , 1487-1491
Abstract
Bariatric surgery is becoming a common procedure to control the obesity problem in the United States. However, despite the prevalence of the surgery, little is known regarding the motivation of patients who seek out these procedures. This present study aims to qualitatively and quantitatively examine in a moderate-sized sample of bariatric seeking patients their reported reasons for wanting surgery.Keywords
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