Preoperative psychological characteristics affecting mid-term outcome after bariatric surgery: a follow-up study

Autor: Marco Raffaelli, Francesca Romana Santucci, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Carlo Lai, Paola Aceto, Liliana Sollazzi, Marco Cacioppo, Ilaria Petrucci, Rocco Domenico Alfonso Bellantone, Laura Pierro
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. 26:585-590
ISSN: 1590-1262
DOI: 10.1007/s40519-020-00892-w
Popis: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between preoperative psychological factors and percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) to identify possible psychological therapy targets to improve the outcome of bariatric surgery. Seventy-six patients completed the Hamilton's Anxiety and Depression Scales (HAM-A, HAM-D) and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) the day before surgery (T0). The pre-operative body weight and the %TWL at 3 (T1), 6 (T2), and 24–30 (T3) months were collected. At T3, depressed and alexithymic patients showed a lower %TWL compared to non-depressed patients (p = 0.03) and to non-alexithymic patients (p = 0.02), respectively. Finally, patients who had at least one of the three analyzed psychological factors showed less weight loss, at T2 (p = 0.02) and T3 (p = 0.0004). Psychological factors may also affect long-term outcome of bariatric surgery. This study shows an association between alexithymia/depression pre-operative levels and the weight loss at 30 months’follow-up after bariatric surgery. Level III, longitudinal cohort study.
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