Bariatric Surgery and Suicide Risk in Patients With Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In a large multisite cohort of Veterans who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, we compared the 5-year suicidal ideation and attempt rates with matched nonsurgical controls.

Background

Bariatric surgery has significant health benefits but has also been associated with adverse mental health outcomes.

Methods

Five-year rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts of Veterans who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy from the fiscal year 2000-2016 to matched nonsurgical controls using sequential stratification using cumulative incidence functions (ideation cohort: n=38,199; attempt cohort: n=38,661 after excluding patients with past-year outcome events). Adjusted differences in suicidal ideat

SUBMITTER: Hung A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10440362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature