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 |
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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,
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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 |
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ISSN: | 0960-8923 1708-0428 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11695-018-3599-8 |