Control Personal de la Conducta y Adhesión Terapéutica en Balón Intragástrico Bioenterics

Objetivo: Determinar la relacion entre las habilidades de autorregulacion, autoeficacia percibida, locus de control y la adhesion terapeutica en pacientes que se les ha colocado el balon intragastrico BioEnterics. Pacientes: Se incluyeron 75 obesos (56 mujeres y 19 hombres), entre los 18 y 65 anos (M= 39,29; DT= 11,82), que asistieron a cinco centros de Caracas. Materiales y metodos: Se utilizaron los Inventarios de: autoeficacia percibida para el control del peso, auto-regulacion y locus de control del peso corporal, y dos cuestionarios ad hoc, autoeficacia percibida para la adhesion al tratamiento farmacologico y de comportamientos de adhesion terapeutica. Inicialmente se contacto a los centros y se selecciono la muestra. Posteriormente, se aplicaron los inventarios antes y al tercer mes posterior a la colocacion del balon. Resultados: Las variables arrojaron niveles moderados. Quienes se sienten capaces de controlar su ingesta alimentaria y su actividad fisica y a la vez perciben que tienen las estrategias para lograrlo, son aquellos que reportan adhesion terapeutica. Conclusiones: A partir de estos resultados se sugiere entrenar habilidades de autorregulacion y estimular las creencias de autoeficacia. Asimismo, se hace necesario estudiar la variable locus de control para aclarar su papel en la adhesion terapeutica. Objective: Determine the relationship between the skills of self-regulation, self-efficacy, locus of control and adherence to therapy in patients who had been placed on bioEnterics intragastric balloon treatment. Patients: 75 obese (56 women and 19 men) between 18 and 65 years old (M = 39,29; SD = 11,82), who had been attended at five centers in Caracas city. Materials y methods: self-regulating body weight, perceived self-efficacy for weight control, Locus of control of weight and two ad hoc questionnaires, perceived self-efficacy for adherence to drug therapy and treatment adherence behavior respectively. The procedure was contacted the centers and the sample was selected. Subsequently, the inventories were applied before and three months after the balloon set. Results: Show that participants were characterized by moderate levels in the variables. On the other hand, those who feel able to control their food intake and physical activity at the same time perceive that they have the strategies to achieve it, are those who report adherence to therapy. The locus of perceived control seems to have no relationship. Conclusions: From the results it is suggested to train skills and boost self-efficacy beliefs. Also, it is necessary to study the locus of control variable to clarify its role in adherence to therapy in patients with BioEnterics intragastric balloon.