Examining spousal and family support as predictors of long-term weight loss and remission of type 2 diabetes following bariatric surgery in Singapore: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Postoperative outcomes vary considerably across bariatric patients and may be related to psychosocial factors. In this study, we examined whether a patient's family support predicts postsurgical weight loss and the remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Design

Retrospective cohort study in Singapore.

Setting

Participants were recruited from a public hospital in Singapore.

Participants

Between 2008 and 2018, 359 patients completed a presurgical questionnaire before undergoing gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy.

Outcome measures

As part of the questionnaire, patients described their family support in terms of structure (marital status, number of family members in the household) and function (marriage satisfaction, family emotional suppo

SUBMITTER: Tan EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163544 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature