@article{ref1,
title="A longitudinal examination of suicide-related thoughts and behaviors among bariatric surgery patients",
journal="Surgery for obesity and related diseases",
year="2019",
author="Gordon, Kathryn H. and King, Wendy C. and White, Gretchen E. and Belle, Steven H. and Courcoulas, Anita P. and Ebel, Faith E. and Engel, Scott G. and Flum, Dave R. and Hinojosa, Marcelo W. and Pomp, Alfons and Pories, Walter J. and Spaniolas, Dino and Wolfe, Bruce M. and Yanovski, Susan Z. and Mitchell, James E.",
volume="15",
number="2",
pages="269-278",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Past research suggests self-harm/suicidality are more common among adults who have undergone bariatric surgery than the general population. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: To compare prevalence of self-harm/suicidal ideation over time and identify presurgery risk factors for postsurgery self-harm/suicidal ideation. SETTING: The Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 is a cohort study with presurgery and annual postsurgery assessments conducted at 10 U.S. hospitals. <br><br>METHODS: Adults with severe obesity undergoing bariatric surgery between March 2006 and April 2009 (n = 2458). Five-year follow-up is reported. Self-reported history of suicidality assessed retrospectively via the Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) and self-reported self-harm/suicidal ideation assessed prospectively via the Beck Depression Inventory-Version 1 (BDI-1). <br><br>RESULTS: The SBQ-R was completed by 1540 participants; 2217 completed the BDI-1 pre- and postsurgery. Over 75% of participants were female, with a median age of 46 years and body mass index of 45.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>. Approximately one fourth of participants (395/1534) reported a presurgery history of suicidal thoughts or behavior (SBQ-R). The prevalence of self-harm/suicidal ideation (BDI-1) was 5.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 3.7-6.8) presurgery and 3.8% (95% CI, 2.5-5.1) at year 1 postsurgery (P = .06). Prevalence increased over time postsurgery to 6.6% (95% CI, 4.6-8.6) at year 5 (P = .001) but was not significantly different than presurgery (P = .12). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A large cohort of adults with severe obesity who underwent bariatric surgery had a prevalence of self-harm/suicidal ideation that may have decreased in the first postoperative year but increased over time to presurgery levels, suggesting screening for self-harm/suicidality is warranted throughout long-term postoperative care. Several risk factors were identified that may help with enhanced monitoring.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 American Society for Bariatric Surgery. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1550-7289",
doi="10.1016/j.soard.2018.12.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2018.12.001"
}