Date of Conferral

2021

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Health Services

Advisor

Shari L. Jorissen

Abstract

AbstractBariatric surgery is the only long-term effective treatment for severe obesity and as the use of bariatric surgery has increased there has been an increase in cases of onset and transfer addictions to alcohol. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to examine the relationship between demographics and pre and post bariatric surgery alcohol use consumption behavior. The Alcohol Use Disorder Test (AUDIT) and Alcohol Self-Regulated Questionnaire were used to measure pre and post-surgery alcohol use behaviors and attitudes respectively. The health belief model and theory of planned behavior provided the theoretical framework for this study. Purposeful convenience and snowball sampling were used to recruit participants (N=143). Data were collected electronically using the SurveyMonkey. The multiple linear regression for RQ1 results showed a statistically significant relationship between gender, education level, number of months post-surgery, pre-AUDIT total, and post-surgery alcohol use consumption behavior. RQ2 results showed a statistically significant relationship between education level and post-surgery Self-Regulated Alcohol Questionnaire score. The results of this study have the potential to provide public health professionals and policy makers with data that could assist with increasing awareness through education about the relationship between bariatric surgery and postoperative alcohol use problems. Additionally, this study could provide healthcare policy makers with information they can use to make changes or improvements to the bariatric surgery preoperative process.

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