Specific Health Knowledge and Health Literacy of Patients before and after Bariatric Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: It is an important condition for adequate weight loss and prevention of adverse events that bariatric surgery (BS) candidates possess good specific health knowledge. There is a paucity of standardized instruments to evaluate the specific health knowledge of patients before and after BS....

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Main Authors: Hinrich Köhler, Renata Dorozhkina, Kerstin Gruner-Labitzke, Martina de Zwaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2020-03-01
Series:Obesity Facts
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/505837