Alcohol sensitivity in women after undergoing bariatric surgery: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG), the most common bariatric surgeries performed worldwide, increase the risk to develop an alcohol use disorder. This might be due, in part, to surgery-related changes in alcohol pharmacokinetics. Another risk factor, unexplored within this population, is having a reduced subjective response to alcohol's sedative effects.

Objectives

To assess whether the alcohol sensitivity questionnaire (ASQ), a simple self-report measure, could pinpoint reduced alcohol sensitivity in the bariatric population.

Setting

University medical centers in Missouri and Illinois.

Methods

Women who had RYGB (n = 16), SG (n = 28), or laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery (n = 11) within the last 5 years comple

SUBMITTER: Acevedo MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7141947 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature