Psychological Support and Well-being in Post-Bariatric Surgery Patients

Bariatric surgery research has focused predominantly on weight loss outcomes and complications of surgery in relation to the type of surgical procedure. The psychological impact of having bariatric surgery has received less attention. This study investigated whether patients who receive psychologica...

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Veröffentlicht in:Obesity surgery 2019-02, Vol.29 (2), p.739-743
Hauptverfasser: Ristanto, Ashley, Caltabiano, Marie L.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Bariatric surgery research has focused predominantly on weight loss outcomes and complications of surgery in relation to the type of surgical procedure. The psychological impact of having bariatric surgery has received less attention. This study investigated whether patients who receive psychological counselling have better physical and mental well-being post-bariatric surgery. Eighty-eight persons (81 female, 7 male, M age 43.99 years) who had undergone weight loss surgery were recruited from bariatric surgery and obesity online support groups to answer an electronic survey which included the Health Survey Short Form (SF-12) to assess mental and physical well-being. Patients who had attended ≥ 6 counselling sessions after gastric sleeve surgery had better physical well-being, compared to those who attended
ISSN:0960-8923
1708-0428
DOI:10.1007/s11695-018-3599-8