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