%0 Journal Article
%T The influence of preoperative psychological factors on weight loss after bariatric surgery: a preliminary report
%J Journal of health psychology
%D 2016
%A Lai, Carlo
%A Aceto, Paola
%A Petrucci, Ilaria
%A Castelnuovo, Gianluca
%A Callari, Cosimo
%A Giustacchini, Piero
%A Sollazzi, Liliana
%A Mingrone, Geltrude
%A Bellantone, Rocco
%A Raffaelli, Marco
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X 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>
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 1359-1053
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105316677750