People and patients papers

Understanding the Experience of Weight Management Post Bariatric Surgery: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Study

Unpublished

People who have bariatric surgery rapidly lose weight initially, but after about 18 months some start to regain weight.

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We interviewed people who had undergone bariatric surgery, between 18 months and 3 years of having surgery, to find out their experiences of their life and weight management after surgery.

Sedentary behaviour in people with psychosis

Unpublished

We conducted interviews and focus groups to discuss what people with psychosis understood by sedentary behaviour, how their condition affected this and what they thought of an app that helped them plan to more active.

Who is responsible for keeping children healthy? A qualitative exploration of the views of 8-10 year olds

Unpublished

We conducted focus groups with children in UK schools.

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We found that they saw themselves and other people as responsible for their health. They thought that they, school staff, healthcare professionals, families, food producers, retail outlets, advertisers, supermarkets and the government should act responsibly about health.

Patient use of cancer euphemisms: are they associated with psychological outcomes and health behaviours

Unpublished

We asked cancer patients in India to describe their illness. 51% used a euphemism such as "gadda" meaning "hardened mass" rather than a medical term such as "cancer" or "tumour". 

Euphemism used as a first word was most common in those with lower education, unskilled employment, lower income and a greater number of children. Euphemism use as a first word compared to medical term use as a first word, was related to (a) weaker illness perceptions, (b) less likelihood of using seven out of the fourteen coping strategies, (c) less likelihood of using spontaneous self-affirmation and (e) fewer days of eating a healthy diet

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