Effects of Lifestyle and Educational Bridging Programs before Bariatric Surgery on Postoperative Weight Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To fulfill the requirements for bariatric surgery, patients often need to participate in mandatory preoperative lifestyle interventions. Currently, the efficacy of multi-month preoperative lifestyle intervention programs on body mass index (BMI) reduction from the start of the program (T0) through the immediate preoperative time point (T1) to 1 year post-surgery (T2) and how the amount of preoperative BMI reduction affects postoperative outcome (T1 to T2) is unclear. The aim of this meta-analysis was to analyze the effects of preoperative lifestyle interventions on BMI 1 year post-surgery.

Method

A systematic literature search was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses criteria. Randomized controlled trials that im

SUBMITTER: Lau T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9889730 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature