@article{ref1,
title="The influence of preoperative psychological factors on weight loss after bariatric surgery: a preliminary report",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2016",
author="Lai, Carlo and Aceto, Paola and Petrucci, Ilaria and Castelnuovo, Gianluca and Callari, Cosimo and Giustacchini, Piero and Sollazzi, Liliana and Mingrone, Geltrude and Bellantone, Rocco and Raffaelli, Marco",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Aim of this study was to investigate relationship between preoperative psychological factors and % total weight loss after gastric bypass. 76 adult patients scheduled for bariatric surgery were preoperatively asked to complete anxiety and depression Hamilton scales and Toronto Alexithymia Scale. At 3- and 6-month follow-up, body weight was assessed. At 6-month follow-up, alexithymic patients showed a poorer % total weight loss compared with non-alexithymic patients (p = .017), and moderately depressed patients showed a lower % total weight loss compared with non-depressed patients (p = .011). Focused pre- and postoperative psychological support could be useful in bariatric patients in order to improve surgical outcome.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105316677750",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105316677750"
}