Aim of this study was to investigate relationship between preoperative psychological factors and % total weight loss after gastric bypass. 76 adult patients scheduled for bariatric surgery were preoperatively asked to complete anxiety and depression Hamilton scales and Toronto Alexithymia Scale. At 3- and 6-month follow-up, body weight was assessed. At 6-month follow-up, alexithymic patients showed a poorer % total weight loss compared with non-alexithymic patients (p = .017), and moderately depressed patients showed a lower % total weight loss compared with non-depressed patients (p = .011). Focused pre- and postoperative psychological support could be useful in bariatric patients in order to improve surgical outcome.

The influence of preoperative psychological factors on weight loss after bariatric surgery: a preliminary report / Lai, Carlo; Aceto, Paola; Petrucci, Ilaria; Castelnuovo, Gianluca; Callari, Cosimo; Giustacchini, Piero; Sollazzi, Liliana; Mingrone, Geltrude; Bellantone, Rocco; Raffaelli, Marco. - In: JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1359-1053. - STAMPA. - 24:4(2019), pp. 518-525. [10.1177/1359105316677750]

The influence of preoperative psychological factors on weight loss after bariatric surgery: a preliminary report

LAI, CARLO
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Castelnuovo, Gianluca;
2019

Abstract

Aim of this study was to investigate relationship between preoperative psychological factors and % total weight loss after gastric bypass. 76 adult patients scheduled for bariatric surgery were preoperatively asked to complete anxiety and depression Hamilton scales and Toronto Alexithymia Scale. At 3- and 6-month follow-up, body weight was assessed. At 6-month follow-up, alexithymic patients showed a poorer % total weight loss compared with non-alexithymic patients (p = .017), and moderately depressed patients showed a lower % total weight loss compared with non-depressed patients (p = .011). Focused pre- and postoperative psychological support could be useful in bariatric patients in order to improve surgical outcome.
2019
alexithymia; anxiety; bariatric surgery; depression; obesity; weight loss
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The influence of preoperative psychological factors on weight loss after bariatric surgery: a preliminary report / Lai, Carlo; Aceto, Paola; Petrucci, Ilaria; Castelnuovo, Gianluca; Callari, Cosimo; Giustacchini, Piero; Sollazzi, Liliana; Mingrone, Geltrude; Bellantone, Rocco; Raffaelli, Marco. - In: JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1359-1053. - STAMPA. - 24:4(2019), pp. 518-525. [10.1177/1359105316677750]
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