Personality profiles of the morbidly obese after vertical banded gastroplasty

The authors attempted to determine if mental status could predict personality profiles, 18 months after surgery in morbidly obese patients. Personality characteristics of 100 morbidly obese patients (85 female, 15 male) were analyzed after bariatric surgery (vertical banded gastroplasty). Patients w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Obesity surgery 2003-06, Vol.13 (3), p.394-398
Hauptverfasser:	Guisado, Juan A, Vaz, Francisco J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Body Mass Index Case-Control Studies Cohort Studies Female Follow-Up Studies Gastrointestinal surgery Gastroplasty - methods Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged MMPI Obesity Obesity, Morbid - psychology Obesity, Morbid - surgery Personality Disorders - diagnosis Personality Disorders - epidemiology Postoperative Period Probability Reference Values Risk Assessment Sex Distribution Spain - epidemiology Treatment Outcome Weight control Weight Loss
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors attempted to determine if mental status could predict personality profiles, 18 months after surgery in morbidly obese patients. Personality characteristics of 100 morbidly obese patients (85 female, 15 male) were analyzed after bariatric surgery (vertical banded gastroplasty). Patients were given the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II (MCMI-II). Data were compared with a Spanish clinical population to validate the test in our country. Significant differences were found in Schizoid scale (P
ISSN:	0960-8923 1708-0428
DOI:	10.1381/096089203765887723