The relationship between weight loss and psychosocial functioning among bariatric surgery patients

• Published in: The American journal of surgery 2010-02, Vol.199 (2), p.183-188
• Main Authors: Thonney, Barbara, Pataky, Zoltan, M.D, Badel, Sandra, Bobbioni-Harsch, Elisabetta, M.D, Golay, Alain, M.D
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Anxiety; Anxiety - psychology; Bariatric surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Body mass; Body mass index; Body weight loss; Bulimia; Bypasses; Depression; Depression - psychology; Disorders; Eating; Eating disorders; Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology; Female; Gastric bypass; Gastric Bypass - psychology; Gastric Bypass - rehabilitation; Gastrointestinal surgery; General aspects; Humans; Medical sciences; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Metabolic diseases; Miscellaneous; Morbid obesity; Multivariate Analysis; Obesity; Obesity, Morbid - psychology; Obesity, Morbid - surgery; Patients; Prospective Studies; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Social interactions; Surgery; Switzerland; Treatment Outcome; Weight Loss; Weight loss measurement
• ISSN: 0002-9610; 1879-1883
• DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.12.028

Abstract Background Success after bariatric surgery should also reflect improvement in psychosocial functioning. The objective of this study was to assess the relationships between both mental health and eating disorders and weight loss in morbidly obese patients 2 years after gastric bypass. Methods Forty-three obese women (mean age, 39.3 ± 1.4 years; mean body mass index, 44.7 ± 0.4 kg/m2 ) were evaluated before and 1 and 2 years after gastric bypass. The Beck Depression Inventory and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used for depression and anxiety evaluation and the Eating Disorder Inventory for eating disorder assessment. Results Decreases in depression ( P