SurgiCal Obesity Treatment Study (SCOTS): protocol for a national prospective cohort study of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in Scotland.
Jennifer LogueSally StewartJane MunroJulie BruceEleanor GrieveMike LeanRobert S LindsayDuff BruceAbdulmajid AliAndrew BriggsNaveed SattarIan Fordnull nullPublished in: BMJ open (2015)
The study has received a favourable ethical opinion from the West of Scotland Research Ethics committee. All publications arising from this cohort study will be published in open-access peer-reviewed journals. All SCOTS investigators (all members of the research team at every recruiting site) will have the ability to propose research suggestions and potential publications using SCOTS data; a publications committee will approve all requests for use of SCOTS data and propose writing committees and timelines. Lay-person summaries of all research findings will be published simultaneously on the SCOTS website (http://www.scotsurgeystudy.org.uk).
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- patients undergoing
- weight loss
- big data
- metabolic syndrome
- electronic health record
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- public health
- quality improvement
- insulin resistance
- palliative care
- minimally invasive
- body mass index
- machine learning
- systematic review
- climate change
- obese patients
- risk assessment
- data analysis