A RELIGIÃO NA CONSTRUÇÃO DA IMAGEM CORPORAL DE PACIENTES SUBMETIDOS À CIRURGIA BARIÁTRICA

Abstract

This empirical research, of a qualitative nature, aimed at clarifying the religiosity that subsidy (understood, above all, as an experience of spirituality), works in the complex process of recovering after bariatric surgery in obese patients. This is done in order to answer the research-generating problem question: to what extent does religiosity / spirituality contribute to coping with the risks of complications in the post-bariatric surgery process? For that, he was based on theories of the Science of Religions - especially Harold G. Koening (2017), Paulo Dalgalarrondo (2008), Rubem Alves (2002), João Díaz Passos and Frank Usarski (2013) -, which also made possible the articulation of a framework of other epistemological areas, pertinent to the content under examination, such as health / illness, quality of life, obesity, body. In addition to the religious aspect, he explored his image in the contemporary culture of consumption, the (in) acceptance of it by the obese person and the role of the nutritionist in this context of adversity. In the empirical research, we investigated fifteen patients undergoing bariatric surgery who provided timely information on the power of religiosity in the post-surgical confrontation. Procedures and techniques (observation, quiz and structured interview) provided the data collection. And, together with the Content Analysis methodology, the raw data were analyzed observing the reiteration of certain comments, thus making the categories appear as research results. It was concluded, then, that religiosity / spirituality is a support for the obese to face bariatric surgery and deal with the complexity of the post-surgical recovery process; the obese seeks bariatric surgery much more because of the quality of life than for aesthetic reasons, creating expectations often arising from the attachment to religiosity/spirituality; stress, health problems and low self-esteem of the obese are relieved when they resort to religiosity/spirituality; religiousness /spirituality on the part of the nutritionist or other health professionals do not interfere in the treatment with the obese.