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Authors:
Cláudia Santos
João Gregório
Keywords: e-health; case manager; perioperative care; bariatric surgery; nurse case management.
Abstract:
Abstract — Obesity has an increasing incidence and bariatric surgery emerges as a treatment for severe and morbid obesity, as well as for its associated diseases, with proven success rates. In this context, patient follow-up by a case manager, who guides the provision of specialized care focused on adapting the patient to the new reality, can prove to be essential to achieve positive results. This study, guided by the Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM), will have as main objective to design an intervention [Case-managing program] aimed at patients undergoing bariatric surgery. In the evaluation phase of the intervention, an experimental, controlled, and randomized study will be developed, with intervention group and control group. This project aims to be the first study to investigate the effect of specialized interventions on patients who are candidates for bariatric surgery, with evidence based on mixed, face-to-face, and e-health programs, on the management and results of bariatric surgery.
Pages: 49 to 51
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2022
Publication date: June 26, 2022
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4359
ISBN: 978-1-61208-984-3
Location: Porto, Portugal
Dates: from June 26, 2022 to June 30, 2022