Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: This qualitative descriptive study was performed to describe the experience of both members of the intimate dyad after one member had weight loss surgery. A convenience sample of ten dyads was recruited by snowballing sampling techniques through the researcher's personal contacts. Bodenmann's Theory of Dyadic Coping (2005) informed the data collection and analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each individual member of the dyad. Data from the individual interviews were analyzed using Colaizzi's (1978) method of data analysis; dyadic analysis was performed on each dyad's interviews using the method outlined by Eisikovits and Koren (2010). Four main themes were found: (1) no longer a slave to food; (2) good and bad; (3) surgery is just a tool, not the solution; and (4) support and accommodation.
Authors: Barbee, Kristen Grady, NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1578379698