Abstract
The World Health Organization declared a global pandemic for the new coronavirus on March 11, 2020. The present study aims at describing the impact of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric post-surgery patients. This is a cross-sectional study with a qualitative approach in which data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The sample consisted of bariatric post-surgery patients from the bariatric surgery service of a university hospital as well as from a private health service. Four major thematic axes were established from the set of questions to the participants and their answers were analyzed and classified into categories after the transcription of the interviews was done. The results reveal that there are impacts on coping with the pandemic when it comes to emotional and dietary issues and physical exercise. It also shows the emergence of fears for having experienced a post-operative period of bariatric surgery during a pandemic scenario.
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