Perception of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice of Safety, Effectiveness, Consequences and Management of Bariatric Surgery among Community in Jeddah City

Abstract

Background: obesity is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. The use of bariatric surgery has recently increased dramatically in order to lose weight fast; however, the heavy consequences and the long-term weight loss induced by bariatric surgery has favorable effects on life span remains unclear. Aim of Study: this study was aimed to explore knowledge and beliefs about safety, effectiveness and consequences of bariatric surgeries among community population in Jeddah city and to evaluate the role of demographic factors in shaping those beliefs, and assess possible associations between demographic characteristics with lose weight preventive behavior. Patients and methods: this study was done in 2016 and carried out among a sample of 474 citizens, of them 70.1% women and 29.9% men. The mean age of citizens was 35.77. To assess citizens' demographic factors, risk factors of obesity and beliefs about bariatric surgeries, consenting citizens responded to an anonymous online questionnaire. The data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Data were entered into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 20) and descriptive analysis conducted. Results: the results of the current study show that among the respondents, (24.5%) were obese, (13.7%) severely obese and (9.3%) were morbid obese. The majority of them believed that the lack of exercise is the cause of their obesity (45.7%), (71%) of the respondents think that genetics play a role in obesity, (69.3%) of respondents have someone in their family who suffers from obesity and (61.6%) were not keen to exercise. The majority of respondents (77.4%) think that weight loss procedures contribute to weight loss, however (69.8%) are not of favor towards weight loss procedures to get rid of obesity, (63.4%) of them have not undergone any surgery, and (86.6%) of the respondents do not think of surgeries as their first choice to lose weight without exercise or diet, also (71.0%) think that weight loss procedures and its complications may lead to death.The majority of the respondents (74%) have inadequate beliefs about bariatric surgery and (50.8%) of the respondents have good knowledge on prevention behavior of obesity.

Current status of bariatric surgery perceptions in Hail region, Saudi Arabia

“…On the other hand, social status had found to influence the level of knowledge and awareness of the participants. This was in line with others, when most of Jeddah residents held adverse attitudes towards bariatric surgery, with gender, educational level, economic, matrimonial, and job status having no significant influence (Abouhamda et al, 2016).…”

“…Obesity is a syndrome in consequence of multiple hereditary, ecological, social and cultural issues (Favieri et al, 2021;Popkin et al, 2020). Because obesity has been estimated as among the top five causes of death worldwide, and thus obesity related diseases have become more important and serious health problems (Abouhamda et al, 2016;Aboulghate et al, 2021;Güler et al, 2018). People who are obese have an increased risk of many diseases such as hypertension, elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine, sleep disorders, emotional disorders, osteoporosis, and other diseases (Burridge et al, 2022;van der Valk et al, 2018).…”

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of bariatric surgery among adult Saudi community, Saudi Arabia, 2019

“…(2018) where obesity among adults was found to be less than 30% of the respective populations. [ 3 7 8 ]…”

“…The questionnaire was formulated and designed based on the previous study done by Abouhamda et al . (2016)[ 7 ] about bariatric surgery. The online questionnaire was segmented into three parts; the first part aimed at collecting demographic data consisting of age, gender, nationality, residence area, marital status, educational level, employment status and income.…”

Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Safety : Effectiveness and Consequences of Bariatric Surgery among Community in Saudi Arabia

“…A questionnaire was designed according to the previous study of Ayman Abouhamda et al (2016) with some modifications (16) and investigated by 3 experts, approved by the ethical committee of Faculty of Medicine and translated into Arabic then published online. The questionnaire included 4 items: 1-Demographics including age, gender, education, employment status and income.…”