Smakförändringar efter gastric bypass-operation
Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background: Obesity is a worldwide problem and treatment of obesity is very difficult. Bariatric surgery, especially gastric bypass surgery has proven to be the most effective method of treatment for obesity. The surgery can cause complications, the most common is dumping syndrome, but also changes in taste may occur. The aim of this study is to investigate whether changes in taste occur after a gastric bypass surgery and if so, to what extent and how they manifest themselves and if other factors such as dumping and social life may interfere. Methods: This is a descriptive quantitative study of cross-sectional design. A total of 108 respondents from Capio S:t Goran's Hospital or internet forums www.viktdropp.se and www.viktop.se participated. Respondents answered a questionnaire regarding changes in taste, dumping and food choice after the gastric bypass surgery. Results: In this study there was 67% of the total number of respondents who experienced some form of changes in taste after gastric bypass surgery. The most common change of taste was an increased sensitivity to sweet taste, which 82% experienced. Changes in salt taste were seen among just over half of the respondents, while sour and bitter taste did not change in the majority of the respondents. Dumping occurred in 82% of the respondents, but only 15% thought that the presence of dumping affected the perception of food taste. More than half of the respondents experienced that the changes in taste did not affect their social life. Conclusion: The majority of the respondents experienced changes in taste after the gastric bypass surgery. The result of this study is similar to previous studies on changes in taste. Gastric bypass surgery is becoming more common, it is therefore very important that this area is explored further so dietitians and other health care providers in the future will be familiar with the problem of changes in taste and give appropriate advice on diet related to changes in taste after gastric bypass surgery. Forord Vi vill framst tacka leg. dietisterna Ulrika Laven, Karin Fransson och Katarina Andersson m.fl. pa Capio S:t Gorans Sjukhus for er hjalp och engagemang under arbetets gang. Ett stort tack ocksa till var handledare Ylva Mattsson Sydner for stod och konstruktiv kritik under hela arbetsprocessen. Vi vill aven passa pa att tacka varandra for ett bra samarbete (bilaga 1). Slutligen vill vi tacka alla deltagare i studien. Utan er hade inte detta varit mojligt!
Authors: Camilla Gustafsson, Anna Jansson
Language: Swedish
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1535845573