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Enhanced Patient Portal Engagement Associated with Improved Weight Loss Outcomes in Post-Bariatric Surgery Patients by X. Zhang; K. Kang; C. Yan; Y. Feng; S. Vandekar; D. Yu; S. T. Rosenbloom; J. Samuels; G. Srivastava; B. Williams; V. L. Albaugh; W. J. English; C. R. Flynn; Y. Chen is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background Bariatric surgery is an effective intervention for obesity, but it requires comprehensive postoperative self-management to achieve optimal outcomes. While patient portals are generally seen as beneficial in engaging patients in health management, the link between their use and post-bariatric surgery weight loss remains unclear. ObjectiveThis study investigated the association between patient portal engagement and postoperative body mass index (BMI) reduction among bariatric surgery patients. ## Methods This retrospective longitudinal study included patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or sleeve gastrectomy (SG) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) between January 2018 and March 2021. Using generalized estimating equations, we estimated the association between active days of postoperative patient portal use and the reduction of BMI percentage (%BMI) at 3, 6, and 12 months post-surgery. Covariates included duration since surgery, the patients age at the time of surgery, gender, race and ethnicity, type of bariatric surgery, severity of comorbid conditions, and socioeconomic disadvantage. ## Results The study included 1,415 patients, mostly fe

Author

X. Zhang; K. Kang; C. Yan; Y. Feng; S. Vandekar; D. Yu; S. T. Rosenbloom; J. Samuels; G. Srivastava; B. Williams; V. L. Albaugh; W. J. English; C. R. Flynn; Y. Chen

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Published

2024

Language

EN