'Shopping for a new body': descriptions of bariatric post-operative adjustment.

Purpose: Co-morbid conditions resulting from obesity cause 3.4 million deaths per year. Bariatric surgery has become a solution for obesity.

Majority of female bariatric patients retain an obese identity 18-30 months after surgery.

Purpose: When bariatric surgery is performed, a successful outcome is usually described as % total weight lost (EWL) or a change in BMI. These definitions fail to address the importance of post-operative psychosocial adjustment. Previous research has alluded to a 'mind-body lag' where the patient's experienced body feels larger than their physically smaller post-operative body, perhaps as a result of amygdalae conditioning.

A Concept Analysis of Disturbed Body Image in Bariatric Surgery Patients.

Purpose: This article describes the concept of disturbed body image in bariatric surgery patients.

Method: Walker and Avant's (2011) method of concept analysis is used in this study.

Findings: After bariatric surgery, the patient's body may change more rapidly than their allocentric ("inside, lived") view of themselves, leading to physical and psychosocial sequelae.

Evolving self view and body image concerns in female postoperative bariatric surgery patients.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the experience of postoperative bariatric surgery patients as they adjust to diminished weight and differentiate that adjustment from the more general concept of body image.

Background: Bariatric surgery is an effective way to reduce weight and comorbidities associated with obesity. Complete success requires that patients must adjust psychologically as they lose weight.

Medication Simulation Affects Health Provider Students' Attitudes About Adherence and Concordance.

Introduction: Assisting polypharmacy patients with complex health regimens is a part of health provider responsibilities. The concepts of adherence and concordance contrast the traditional emphasis on patient compliance. However, health provider students may not be able to empathize with polypharmacy patients.