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Volume 8 Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
ISSN: 2155-9600 Nutrition Congress 2018
June 11-13, 2018
June 11-13, 2018 | Dublin, Ireland
21st European
Nutrition and Dietetics Conference
Assessment of nutrition knowledge and dietary behavior of post bariatric surgery patients in Rashid
Hospital Outpatient Clinic in Dubai, UAE
Souheir Alia, H Ali, T Zoubeidi, S Maqsood and M Ali
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Obesity is considered to be a disease, which stands alone by itself, and it is accompanied by many co-morbidities, and
that is why many means to treat obesity comes into account and one of the most prevalent ways in UAE is by bariatric
surgery. Despite the vast research assessing nutrition knowledge of patients of several health conditions none of the papers
assessed the nutrition knowledge of patients’ post-bariatric surgeries, although this category of patients is very susceptible
to malnutrition post-surgery. My aim in this study was to assess the general nutrition knowledge and the knowledge specific
to the dietary protocol post-surgery, the medical and nutritional complications and their awareness and understanding of
dumping syndrome specifically, the clarity of information conveyed by the dietitians and its effect on their levels of compliance
of the post-bariatric surgery dietary protocol and the follow up appointments with the dietitians and finally a small part
gave a glimpse of their quality of life post-surgery. The methods used to analyze the questionnaire was with the help of SPSS
version 23.0. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, proportions, means and standard deviations were used. Statistical tests
such as Chi-Square test of independence and Pearson’s correlation were used to test correlation. To test significant differences
between values of quantitative variable were used using the statistical test ANOVA or its equivalent non-parametric test named
Kruskal-Wallis. Normality was tested using the Shapiro-Wilk test, while Levene’s test was used to test the equality of variance.
The results of this study showed a fairly good general nutrition knowledge of both groups, the questions assessing nutrition
knowledge of the dietary protocol post-surgery were added up and given a score out of 14, in which it showed that only 19.4%
of participants had very good knowledge, 66.2% had average knowledge, and 14.4% had poor knowledge. In addition, most
patients didn’t know what dumping syndrome is, and of those who knew what it is 66.6% of them knew the food that promote
its occurrence and almost half of the participants who answered yes knew the symptoms of it. On the other hand, 79.5% of
the patients followed up with a dietitian and only 30.1% showed compliance to the dietitian’s instructions, which was strongly
related to patients finding the information conveyed vague and unclear as 71.2% considered it as aforementioned. However, the
most experienced symptom post-bariatric surgeries was nausea followed by dizziness, dehydration and finally vomiting. As for
the overall quality of life of participants the highest percentage 45.8% was given to participants who never felt agitated, fatigued
and/or regretted their decision of getting operated and as much as 83.1% found their daily activities to be more enjoyable. In
conclusion, patients who undergo bariatric surgeries are a great area of improvement now that we can spot some gaps in the
health care provided.
Biography
Souheir Alia has her expertise in health education and promotion in both community setting as well as hospital setting and works as a clinical dietitian in Rashid Hospital,
DHA, in the city if Dubai, UAE and is in the process of finishing the requirement to finish her masters’ degree in food science and her thesis being research based focusing
on patients post bariatric surgery dietary protocol.
Souheir Alia et al., J Nutr Food Sci 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9600-C3-059