No/Year | Author | Title | Aim | Qualitative methods/design | N | Intervention |
1) 2014 | A. A. Geraci, A. R. Brunt, M. A. Marihart, [37] | Social support systems: A qualitative analysis of female bariatric patients after the first two years postoperative | To explore experiences of patients who have undergone bariatric surgery at least two years prior and to gain an understanding of the successes and challenges they have faced since surgery. | Phenomenological approach. Semi-structured interviews. | 9 | Surgery |
2) 2014 | E. Natvik, E. Gjengedal, C. Moltu, M. Råheim, [38] | Re-embodying eating: patients’ experiences five years after bariatric surgery | To contribute to the development of clinical practice. Explored meanings attached to eating in the long term and sought descriptions of change and bodily sensations. | Interviews | 14 | Surgery |
3) 2014 | M. Wiklund, F. M. Olbers, C. Willén, [45] | Experiences of Physical Activity One Year after Bariatric Surgery | To describe how patient experience physical activity one year after bariatric surgery. | Interviews | 24 | Physical activity after bariatric surgery |
4) 2013 | S. S. da Silva, C. Maia Âda, [46] | Patients’ experiences after bariatric surgery: a qualitative study at 12-month follow-up | To understand patients’ experiences in post-surgery adaptation related to bariatric surgery, 12 months after this procedure. | Individual interviews, grounded theory methodology | 30 | Surgery |
5) 2013 | E. Natvik, E. Gjengedal, M. Råheim, [47] | Totally changed, yet still the same: patients' lived experiences five years beyond bariatric surgery | To describe the essential meaning of bariatric surgery patients’ long-term experiences by using a phenomenological lifeworld approach. | Interviews | 8 | Surgery |
6) 2012 | A. F. Klassen, S. J. Cano, A. Scott, Johnson, J. A. L. Pusic, [51] | Satisfaction and quality-of-life issues in body contouring surgery patients: a qualitative study | To identify the health and aesthetic concern from the patient’s perspective. | Interviews | 43 | Body contouring after bariatric surgery |
7) 2011 | Drew, P. [50] | “But then I learned∙∙∙”: weight loss surgery patients negotiate surgery discourses | To examine how patients negotiate widespread weight loss surgery discourses. | Multi-method | 44 + 55 | Surgery |
8) 2011 | J. Ogden, S. Avenell, G. Ellis, [39] | Negotiating control: patients’ experiences of unsuccessful weight-loss surgery | To explore experiences of weight loss surgery that was deemed unsuccessful. | Interviews | 10 | Surgery |
9) 2011 | A. L. Östberg, I. Wikstrand, K. Bengtsson Boström, [40] | Group treatment of obesity in primary care practice: a qualitative study of patients’ perspectives | To explore patients' experiences of very low calorie diet and subsequent corset treatment of obesity in a primary care setting. To explore their perceptions of factors influencing weight control. | Focus groups and Grounded Theory |
| Very low calorie diet |
10) 2010 | A. Psarou, I. Brown, [49] | Patients’ experiences of prescribed anti-obesity drugs and perceptions of support from primary care: a qualitative study | To explore the views and experiences of obese patients prescribed anti-obesity drugs in primary care, including their understanding of guidance about lifestyle changes. | Semi-structured interviews | 31 | Anti-obesity drugs |