Research Article
Receptivity to Bariatric Surgery in Qualified Patients
Table 2
Reasons respondents cited for being interested or not interested in bariatric surgery.
| | Interested in bariatric surgery () | Not interested in bariatric surgery () |
| | Health benefits, % | 82 (94.3) | Fear of other complications from surgery, % | 145 (51.1) | | Greater weight loss, % | 78 (89.7) | Do not need surgery to lose weight, % | 91 (32.0) | | Improve mobility, % | 74 (85.1) | Fear of dying, % | 70 (24.6) | | Aesthetics appearance, % | 44 (50.6) | Fear of surgery in general, % | 68 (23.9) | | Diabetes management, % | 26 (29.9) | Cost, % | 58 (20.4) | | | | Pain, % | 39 (13.7) | | | | Do not believe it will work, % | 22 (7.7) | | | | Fear of judgment, % | 9 (3.2) | | | | Religious or cultural reasons, % | 2 (0.7) |
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