Psychopathological Status and Inter-Personal Functioning After Weight Loss in Bariatric Surgery Patients
Greater Weight Loss Correlates with Improved Quality of Life (QOL) and Less Disordered Eating Behavior After Obesity Surgery
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Greater Weight Loss Correlates with Improved Quality of Life (QOL) and Less Disordered Eating Behavior After Obesity Surgery |
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Psychopathological Status and Inter-Personal
Functioning After Weight Loss in
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Method
The study group consisted of 100 morbidly obese patients (85 female, 15 male) who had undergone surgical treatment (vertical banded gastroplasty) for weight reduction. Each patient completed the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile European version, the Eating Disorder Inventory, the Symptom Check List-90-Revised, and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II. The sample was divided into 2 groups according to the percentage of excess weight loss 18 months after surgery: a greater weight loss group (weight loss > 30%) and a lesser weight loss group (weight loss < 30%).
Results
Significant differences were found between the 2 groups in percentage of weight loss, negative self-esteem, drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, global EDI, anxiety, GSI, avoidant, borderline, and passive-aggressive.
Conclusion
Greater weight loss strongly correlates with improved quality of life, less disturbed eating behavior, and lower psychopathology. These results justify the clinical use of surgical procedures and demonstrate that weight loss has powerful psychological and psychosocial implications.
Source:
Guisado JA, Vaz FJ, Alarcon J, Lopez-Ibor JJ Jr, Rubio MA, Gaite L. Department
of Psychiatry, University of Extremadura School of Medicine, Badajoz,
Spain. 2003