Immediate improvement in anxiety and sleep quality with delayed depression response after bariatric surgery in a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Obesity demonstrates bidirectional associations with anxiety, depression and sleep quality. Although bariatric surgery effectively alleviates obesity-related mental health issues, the mechanisms and temporal dynamics of mental symptom improvements remain unclear. This longitudinal study aims to explore the time points at which mental health and sleep quality change after bariatric surgery in overweight/obese patients, and explore correlation between anxiety, depression and sleep quality. Seventy-eight overweight/obese patients (OW/OB) who underwent Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy at the Bariatric Center of Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital were included by cohort. Sixty-five healthy controls (HC) were matched by age and sex. Patients received Chinese versions of the Beck Depression Inventor

SUBMITTER: Yin CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12475059 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature