Development of ASMBS research agenda for bariatric surgery using the Delphi methodology.
Bariatric surgery
Delphi process
Research agenda
Research priorities
Journal
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
ISSN: 1878-7533
Titre abrégé: Surg Obes Relat Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101233161
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
Historique:
received:
11
05
2019
revised:
23
06
2019
accepted:
28
06
2019
pubmed:
31
8
2019
medline:
1
9
2020
entrez:
31
8
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
While the number of research publications related to bariatric surgery have increased remarkably in the past decade, research efforts remain uncoordinated and have limited focus, and numerous important questions remain unanswered. To generate a research agenda in bariatric surgery. National survey. The membership of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) was asked to submit research questions needed to advance the field of bariatric surgery. An expert panel grouped and collated submitted questions and redistributed them back to the membership to rate their importance on a 5-point Likert scale using a 3-round modified Delphi methodology. The top research questions were determined based on provided rankings. Two hundred ninety-two research questions were initially submitted that were collapsed to 59 unique questions. The ratings for the top 40 questions ranged from 2.67-4.33 (overall mean, 3.46). The highest-ranked questions centered on the mechanisms of effectiveness of bariatric surgery for weight loss and diabetes resolution, the underlying etiology of weight recidivism, and predictors of success. A research agenda for bariatric surgery was developed using the Delphi methodology. This research agenda may enhance the ability of investigators and funding organizations, including the ASMBS, to focus attention to areas most likely to advance the field, and by editors and reviewers to assess the merit and relevance of scientific contributions.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
While the number of research publications related to bariatric surgery have increased remarkably in the past decade, research efforts remain uncoordinated and have limited focus, and numerous important questions remain unanswered.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
To generate a research agenda in bariatric surgery.
SETTING
METHODS
National survey.
METHODS
METHODS
The membership of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) was asked to submit research questions needed to advance the field of bariatric surgery. An expert panel grouped and collated submitted questions and redistributed them back to the membership to rate their importance on a 5-point Likert scale using a 3-round modified Delphi methodology. The top research questions were determined based on provided rankings.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Two hundred ninety-two research questions were initially submitted that were collapsed to 59 unique questions. The ratings for the top 40 questions ranged from 2.67-4.33 (overall mean, 3.46). The highest-ranked questions centered on the mechanisms of effectiveness of bariatric surgery for weight loss and diabetes resolution, the underlying etiology of weight recidivism, and predictors of success.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
A research agenda for bariatric surgery was developed using the Delphi methodology. This research agenda may enhance the ability of investigators and funding organizations, including the ASMBS, to focus attention to areas most likely to advance the field, and by editors and reviewers to assess the merit and relevance of scientific contributions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31466874
pii: S1550-7289(19)30323-5
doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2019.06.043
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.